The hologenome of Osedax frankpressi reveals the genetic interplay for the symbiotic digestion of vertebrate bone
Giacomo Moggioli, Balig Panossian, Yanan Sun, Daniel J. Thiel, Francisco M. Martín-Zamora, Martin Tran, Alexander Michael Clifford, Shana K. Goffredi, N. N. Rimskaya-Korsakova, Gáspár Jékely, Martín Tresguerres, Pei‐Yuan Qian, Jian‐Wen Qiu, Greg W. Rouse, Lee M. Henry, José María Martín-Durán
This paper analyzes the genome of Osedax frankpressi to show how genetic changes enable symbiotic digestion of bone, with reduced immunity genes and expanded protease genes.
bioRxiv · Aug 4, 2022 · PreprintGenomics