Using linkage maps to correct and scaffold de novo genome assemblies: methods, challenges, and computational tools

JL Fierst - Frontiers in genetics, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Modern high-throughput DNA sequencing has made it possible to inexpensively produce
genome sequences, but in practice many of these draft genomes are fragmented and …

Population genetics of the coral Acropora millepora: Toward genomic prediction of bleaching

ZL Fuller, VJL Mocellin, LA Morris, N Cantin… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Coral reefs worldwide are suffering losses at an alarming rate as a result of
anthropogenic climate change. Increased seawater temperatures, even only slightly above …

A new Cannabis genome assembly associates elevated cannabidiol (CBD) with hemp introgressed into marijuana

CJ Grassa, GD Weiblen, JP Wenger, C Dabney… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Demand for cannabidiol (CBD), the predominant cannabinoid in hemp (Cannabis sativa),
has favored cultivars producing unprecedented quantities of CBD. We investigated the …

Between two fern genomes

EB Sessa, JA Banks, MS Barker, JP Der, AM Duffy… - …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Ferns are the only major lineage of vascular plants not represented by a sequenced nuclear
genome. This lack of genome sequence information significantly impedes our ability to …

A whole-genome shotgun approach for assembling and anchoring the hexaploid bread wheat genome

JA Chapman, M Mascher, A Buluç, K Barry… - Genome biology, 2015 - Springer
Polyploid species have long been thought to be recalcitrant to whole-genome assembly. By
combining high-throughput sequencing, recent developments in parallel computing, and …

Extensive error in the number of genes inferred from draft genome assemblies

JF Denton, J Lugo-Martinez, AE Tucker… - PLoS computational …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Current sequencing methods produce large amounts of data, but genome assemblies based
on these data are often woefully incomplete. These incomplete and error-filled assemblies …

Improvement of the banana “Musa acuminata” reference sequence using NGS data and semi-automated bioinformatics methods

G Martin, FC Baurens, G Droc, M Rouard, A Cenci… - BMC genomics, 2016 - Springer
Background Recent advances in genomics indicate functional significance of a majority of
genome sequences and their long range interactions. As a detailed examination of genome …

The time scale of recombination rate evolution in great apes

LS Stevison, AE Woerner, JM Kidd… - Molecular biology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We present three linkage-disequilibrium (LD)-based recombination maps generated using
whole-genome sequence data from 10 Nigerian chimpanzees, 13 bonobos, and 15 western …

Phylogenomics using low‐depth whole genome sequencing: A case study with the olive tribe

JK Olofsson, I Cantera, C Van de Paer… - Molecular ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Species trees have traditionally been inferred from a few selected markers, and genome‐
wide investigations remain largely restricted to model organisms or small groups of species …

The relevance of pedigrees in the conservation genomics era

SJ Galla, L Brown, Y Couch‐Lewis, I Cubrinovska… - 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past 50 years conservation genetics has developed a substantive toolbox to inform
species management. One of the most long‐standing tools available to manage genetics …