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About Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
The purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, belongs to the echinoderma, a sister phylum to the chordates. As well as having an important phylogenetic placement, it also has an invaluable ecological role in the marine system and is a model organism for cell and development biology.
Picture credit (Creative Commons BY 3.0): Kirt L. Onthank 2008
Taxonomy ID 7668
Data source Baylor College of Medicine
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Comparative genomics
What can I find? Homologues, gene trees, and whole genome alignments across multiple species.
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Phylogenetic overview of gene families
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Variation
This species currently has no variation database. However you can process your own variants using the Variant Effect Predictor:
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