The Chinese mitten crab genome provides insights into adaptive plasticity and developmental regulation

Zhaoxia Cui; Yuan Liu; Jianbo Yuan; Xiaojun Zhang; Tomer Ventura; Ka Yan Ma; Shuai Sun; Chengwen Song; Dongliang Zhan; Yanan Yang; Hourong Liu; Guangyi Fan; Qingle Cai; Jing Du; Jing Qin; Chengcheng Shi; Shijie Hao; Quinn P Fitzgibbon; Gregory G Smith; Jianhai Xiang; Tin-Yam Chan; Min Hui; Chenchang Bao; Fuhua Li; Ka Hou Chu

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The Chinese mitten crab genome provides insights into adaptive plasticity and developmental regulation

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The Chinese mitten crab genome provides insights into adaptive plasticity and developmental regulation

Zhaoxia Cui, Yuan Liu, Jianbo Yuan, Xiaojun Zhang, Tomer Ventura, Ka Yan Ma, Shuai Sun, Chengwen Song, Dongliang Zhan, Yanan Yang, …

Nature Communications, Vol.12(1), pp.1-13

2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22604-3

PMCID: PMC8062507

PMID: 33888695

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The infraorder Brachyura (true or short-tailed crabs) represents a successful group of marine invertebrates yet with limited genomic resources. Here we report a chromosome-anchored reference genome and transcriptomes of the Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis, a catadromous crab and invasive species with wide environmental tolerance, strong osmoregulatory capacity and high fertility. We show the expansion of specific gene families in the crab, including F-ATPase, which enhances our knowledge on the adaptive plasticity of this successful invasive species. Our analysis of spatio-temporal transcriptomes and the genome of E. sinensis and other decapods shows that brachyurization development is associated with down-regulation of Hox genes at the megalopa stage when tail shortening occurs. A better understanding of the molecular mechanism regulating sexual development is achieved by integrated analysis of multiple omics. These genomic resources significantly expand the gene repertoire of Brachyura, and provide insights into the biology of this group, and Crustacea in general.

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Title: The Chinese mitten crab genome provides insights into adaptive plasticity and developmental regulation
Authors: Zhaoxia Cui (Author) - Ningbo University
Yuan Liu (Author) - Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianbo Yuan (Author) - Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaojun Zhang (Author) - Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tomer Ventura (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Ka Yan Ma (Author) - Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shuai Sun (Author) - BGI Group (China)
Chengwen Song (Author) - Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dongliang Zhan (Author) - Hangzhou 1gene Technology Co., Ltd. (China)
Yanan Yang (Author) - Ningbo University
Hourong Liu (Author) - Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guangyi Fan (Author) - BGI Group (China)
Qingle Cai (Author) - Hangzhou 1gene Technology Co., Ltd. (China)
Jing Du (Author) - Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jing Qin (Author) - Chinese University of Hong Kong
Chengcheng Shi (Author) - BGI Group (China)
Shijie Hao (Author) - BGI Group (China)
Quinn P Fitzgibbon (Author) - University of Tasmania
Gregory G Smith (Author) - University of Tasmania
Jianhai Xiang (Author) - Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tin-Yam Chan (Author) - National Taiwan Ocean University
Min Hui (Author) - Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chenchang Bao (Author) - Ningbo University
Fuhua Li (Author) - Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ka Hou Chu (Author) - Chinese University of Hong Kong
Publication details: Nature Communications, Vol.12(1), pp.1-13
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Date published: 2021
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22604-3
ISSN: 2041-1723
PMID: 33888695; PMC8062507
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Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Centre for Bioinnovation
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99526506702621
Output Type: Journal article

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