Fig. 5

Expression patterns of gene families during early life stages of Montipora and Acropora. a Numbers of gene families that are commonly or exclusively expressed in early life stages of Montipora and Acropora. Numbers of gene families that are exclusively expressed in each genus are shown in parentheses after generic names. Gene families that are commonly expressed in both Montipora and Acropora early life stages are shown in an orange box. Gene families that are exclusively expressed in early life stages of Montipora were further classified according to whether they are expressed in one of the stages (green), or throughout all stages (red). b Gene families expressed in early Montipora life stages. For Montipora, RNA-seq data from planula larvae, metamorphosed larvae and recruits were used. For Acropora, RNA-seq data from blastulae, gastrulae, planula larvae and polyps were used. SRA accession numbers for the RNA-seq data are provided in Additional file 7: Table S7