Rapid Evolution of Coral Proteins Responsible for Interaction with the Environment

Christian R. Voolstra; Shinichi Sunagawa; Mikhail V. Matz; Till Bayer; Manuel Aranda; Emmanuel Buschiazzo; Michael K. DeSalvo; Erika Lindquist; Alina M. Szmant; Mary Alice Coffroth; Mónica Medina

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020392

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Rapid Evolution of Coral Proteins Responsible for Interaction with the Environment

Christian R. Voolstra ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Christian R. Voolstra, Shinichi Sunagawa

* E-mail: christian.voolstra@kaust.edu.sa (CRV); mmedina@ucmerced.edu (MM)

Affiliation Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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Shinichi Sunagawa ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Christian R. Voolstra, Shinichi Sunagawa

Affiliation European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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Mikhail V. Matz,

Affiliation Section of Integrative Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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Till Bayer,

Affiliation Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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Manuel Aranda,

Affiliation Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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Emmanuel Buschiazzo,

Affiliation School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America
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Michael K. DeSalvo,

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia, UCSF School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Erika Lindquist,

Affiliation Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America
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Alina M. Szmant,

Affiliation Center for Marine Science, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
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Mary Alice Coffroth,

Affiliation Graduate Program in Evolution, Ecology and Behavior and Department of Geology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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Mónica Medina

* E-mail: christian.voolstra@kaust.edu.sa (CRV); mmedina@ucmerced.edu (MM)

Affiliation School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America
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Rapid Evolution of Coral Proteins Responsible for Interaction with the Environment

Christian R. Voolstra,
Shinichi Sunagawa,
Mikhail V. Matz,
Till Bayer,
Manuel Aranda,
Emmanuel Buschiazzo,
Michael K. DeSalvo,
Erika Lindquist,
Alina M. Szmant,
Mary Alice Coffroth

Published: May 25, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020392

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