TY - JOUR AU - Koch, Thomas L. AU - Grimmelikhuijzen, Cornelis J. P. PY - 2020 DA - 2020/09/29 TI - A comparative genomics study of neuropeptide genes in the cnidarian subclasses Hexacorallia and Ceriantharia JO - BMC Genomics SP - 666 VL - 21 IS - 1 AB - Nervous systems originated before the split of Proto- and Deuterostomia, more than 600 million years ago. Four animal phyla (Cnidaria, Placozoa, Ctenophora, Porifera) diverged before this split and studying these phyla could give us important information on the evolution of the nervous system. Here, we have annotated the neuropeptide preprohormone genes of twenty species belonging to the subclass Hexacorallia or Ceriantharia (Anthozoa: Cnidaria), using thirty-seven publicly accessible genome or transcriptome databases. Studying hexacorals is important, because they are versatile laboratory models for development (e.g., Nematostella vectensis) and symbiosis (e.g., Exaiptasia diaphana) and also are prominent reef-builders. SN - 1471-2164 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-020-06945-9 DO - 10.1186/s12864-020-06945-9 ID - Koch2020 ER -