Draft Genome of the Pearl Oyster Pinctada fucata: A Platform for Understanding Bivalve Biology

Genome structure analysis of molluscs revealed whole genome duplication and lineage specific repeat variation

(2011) Masa-aki Yoshida et al.   GENE

Using the Acropora digitifera genome to understand coral responses to environmental change

(2011) Chuya Shinzato et al.   NATURE

Phylogenomics reveals deep molluscan relationships

(2011) Kevin M. Kocot et al.   NATURE

Deep Sequencing of ESTs from Nacreous and Prismatic Layer Producing Tissues and a Screen for Novel Shell Formation-Related Genes in the Pearl Oyster

(2011) Shigeharu Kinoshita et al.   PLoS One

Scaffolding pre-assembled contigs using SSPACE

(2010) Marten Boetzer et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Mitochondrial phylogenomics of the Bivalvia (Mollusca): searching for the origin and mitogenomic correlates of doubly uniparental inheritance of mtDNA

(2010) Hélène Doucet-Beaupré et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Transcriptome and proteome analysis of Pinctada margaritifera calcifying mantle and shell: focus on biomineralization

(2010) Caroline Joubert et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The dynamic genome of Hydra

(2010) Jarrod A. Chapman et al.   NATURE

The Amphimedon queenslandica genome and the evolution of animal complexity

(2010) Mansi Srivastava et al.   NATURE

A novel role for dpp in the shaping of bivalve shells revealed in a conserved molluscan developmental program

(2009) Koryu Kin et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Cloning and Characterization of Prisilkin-39, a Novel Matrix Protein Serving a Dual Role in the Prismatic Layer Formation from the OysterPinctada fucata

(2009) Yawei Kong et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Bilaterian Phylogeny: A Broad Sampling of 13 Nuclear Genes Provides a New Lophotrochozoa Phylogeny and Supports a Paraphyletic Basal Acoelomorpha

(2009) J. Paps et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

An Acidic Matrix Protein, Pif, Is a Key Macromolecule for Nacre Formation

(2009) M. Suzuki et al.   SCIENCE

Using native and syntenically mapped cDNA alignments to improve de novo gene finding

(2008) Mario Stanke et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype

(2008) Nicholas H. Putnam et al.   NATURE

The Trichoplax genome and the nature of placozoans

(2008) Mansi Srivastava et al.   NATURE

Broad phylogenomic sampling improves resolution of the animal tree of life

(2008) Casey W. Dunn et al.   NATURE