Corallimorpharian genome supports the monophyly of Scleractinia and illuminates the cellular evolution of coral calcification
Thomas D. Lewin, Tosuke Sakagami, Victor M. Piñón-González, Yuki Yoshioka, Li-Jung Kao, Yi‐Ling Chiu, Kohsei SASAKI, Yi-Hua Chen, Jeng-Yi Li, Kai-Xuan Tin, Mei‐Yeh Jade Lu, David J. Miller, Shinya Shikina, Mei‐Fang Lin, Yi‐Jyun Luo
This study presents a corallimorpharian genome and single-cell transcriptomes to show that coral calcification evolved through a derived calicoblast cell state and genomic innovations.
bioRxiv · Oct 2, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology