A field guide to whole‐genome sequencing, assembly and annotation

R Ekblom, JBW Wolf - Evolutionary applications, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Genome sequencing projects were long confined to biomedical model organisms and
required the concerted effort of large consortia. Rapid progress in high‐throughput …

The Genome 10K Project: a way forward

KP Koepfli, B Paten… - Annu. Rev. Anim …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The Genome 10K Project was established in 2009 by a consortium of biologists and
genome scientists determined to facilitate the sequencing and analysis of the complete …

Large-scale ruminant genome sequencing provides insights into their evolution and distinct traits

L Chen, Q Qiu, YU Jiang, K Wang, Z Lin, Z Li, F Bibi… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The ruminants are one of the most successful mammalian lineages,
exhibiting extensive morphological and ecological diversity and containing several key …

Single-haplotype comparative genomics provides insights into lineage-specific structural variation during cat evolution

KR Bredemeyer, LD Hillier, AJ Harris, GM Hughes… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The role of structurally dynamic genomic regions in speciation is poorly understood due to
challenges inherent in diploid genome assembly. Here we reconstructed the evolutionary …

The sterlet sturgeon genome sequence and the mechanisms of segmental rediploidization

K Du, M Stöck, S Kneitz, C Klopp… - Nature ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
Sturgeons seem to be frozen in time. The archaic characteristics of this ancient fish lineage
place it in a key phylogenetic position at the base of the~ 30,000 modern teleost fish …

Giant lungfish genome elucidates the conquest of land by vertebrates

A Meyer, S Schloissnig, P Franchini, K Du… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Lungfishes belong to lobe-fined fish (Sarcopterygii) that, in the Devonian
period,'conquered'the land and ultimately gave rise to all land vertebrates, including …

OrthoVenn: a web server for genome wide comparison and annotation of orthologous clusters across multiple species

Y Wang, D Coleman-Derr, G Chen… - Nucleic acids …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Genome wide analysis of orthologous clusters is an important component of comparative
genomics studies. Identifying the overlap among orthologous clusters can enable us to …

Comparative analysis of the domestic cat genome reveals genetic signatures underlying feline biology and domestication

MJ Montague, G Li, B Gandolfi… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Little is known about the genetic changes that distinguish domestic cat populations from
their wild progenitors. Here we describe a high-quality domestic cat reference genome …

Whole-genome sequencing of native sheep provides insights into rapid adaptations to extreme environments

JI Yang, WR Li, FH Lv, SG He, SL Tian… - Molecular biology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Global climate change has a significant effect on extreme environments and a profound
influence on species survival. However, little is known of the genome-wide pattern of …

Phylogenomic evidence for ancient hybridization in the genomes of living cats (Felidae)

G Li, BW Davis, E Eizirik, WJ Murphy - Genome research, 2016 - genome.cshlp.org
Inter-species hybridization has been recently recognized as potentially common in wild
animals, but the extent to which it shapes modern genomes is still poorly understood …