The mitochondrial genome of the Octocorallia has several characteristics atypical for metazoans, including a novel gene suggested to function in DNA repair. This mtMutS gene is favored for octocoral molecular systematics, due to its high information cont
Almost 16% of the mtDNA (2949/18453 bp) was occupied by a novel ORF that to this day has not been found in any mitochondrial genome outside of the Octocorallia [5]. Based on 19.7% similarity of the translated sequence to the yeast nuclear Mutation Suppressor Homolog 1 (MSH1) gene, it...
Interestingly, no octocoral has been found to lack mtMutS even though the very existence of the hexacoral sister group demonstrates that anthozoans are capable of persisting over geologic time spans without it. Apparently the presence of mtMutS provides a selective advantage in octocorals, but one...
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Interestingly, no octocoral has been found to lack mtMutS even though the very existence of the hexacoral sister group demonstrates that anthozoans are capable of persisting over geologic time spans without it. Apparently the presence of mtMutS provides a selective advantage in octocorals, but one...