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DOI 10.1002/jez.b.22560
Title (Primary) A first glimpse at the genome of the Baikalian amphipod Eulimnogammarus verrucosus
Author Rivarola-Duarte, L.; Otto, C.; Jühling, F.; Schreiber, S. ORCID logo ; Bedulina, D.S.; Jakob, L.; Gurkov, A.; Axenov-Gribanov, D.; Sahyoun, A.H.; Lucassen, M.; Hackermüller, J. ORCID logo ; Hoffmann, S.; Sartoris, F.; Pörtner, H.-O.; Timofeyev, M.; Luckenbach, T. ORCID logo ; Stadler, P.F.
Source Titel Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution
Year 2014
Department BIOTOX; PROTEOM
Volume 322
Issue 3
Page From 177
Page To 189
Language englisch
UFZ wide themes RU2
Abstract Eulimnogammarus verrucosus is an amphipod endemic to the unique ecosystem of Lake Baikal and serves as an emerging model in ecotoxicological studies. We report here on a survey sequencing of its genome as a first step to establish sequence resources for this species. From a single lane of paired-end sequencing data, we estimated the genome size as nearly 10 Gb and we obtained an overview of the repeat content. At least two-thirds of the genome are non-unique DNA, and a third of the genomic DNA is composed of just five families of repetitive elements, including low-complexity sequences. Attempts to use off-the-shelf assembly tools failed on the available low-coverage data both before and after removal of highly repetitive components. Using a seed-based approach we nevertheless assembled short contigs covering 33 pre-microRNAs and the homeodomain-containing exon of nine Hox genes. The absence of clear evidence for paralogs implies that a genome duplication did not contribute to the large genome size. We furthermore report the assembly of the mitochondrial genome using a new, guided “crystallization” procedure. The initial results presented here set the stage for a more complete sequencing and analysis of this large genome.
Persistent UFZ Identifier https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=14621
Rivarola-Duarte, L., Otto, C., Jühling, F., Schreiber, S., Bedulina, D.S., Jakob, L., Gurkov, A., Axenov-Gribanov, D., Sahyoun, A.H., Lucassen, M., Hackermüller, J., Hoffmann, S., Sartoris, F., Pörtner, H.-O., Timofeyev, M., Luckenbach, T., Stadler, P.F. (2014):
A first glimpse at the genome of the Baikalian amphipod Eulimnogammarus verrucosus
J. Exp. Zool. Part B 322 (3), 177 - 189