Evolutionary and biogeographical implications of degraded LAGLIDADG endonuclease functionality and group I intron occurrence in stony corals (Scleractinia) and mushroom corals (Corallimorpharia)

• Juan Sebastián Celis ,

  * E-mail: Juan.S.Celis-Melo@bio.uni-giessen.de

  Affiliations Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Hessen, Germany, Corporation Center of Excellence in Marine Sciences CEMarin, Bogotá, Colombia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6800-4361

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• David R. Edgell,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Björn Stelbrink,

  Affiliation Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Hessen, Germany

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• Daniel Wibberg,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Genome Research and Systems Biology CeBiTec, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany

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• Torsten Hauffe,

  Affiliation Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Hessen, Germany

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• Jochen Blom,

  Affiliation Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

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• Jörn Kalinowski,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Genome Research and Systems Biology CeBiTec, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany

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• Thomas Wilke

  Affiliations Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Hessen, Germany, Corporation Center of Excellence in Marine Sciences CEMarin, Bogotá, Colombia

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