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The genome of Schmidtea mediterranea and the evolution of core cellular mechanisms

2018-01-24 /0 Comments/in /by

Nature          Published: 24 January 2018 Abstract：The planarian Schmidtea mediterranea is an important model for stem cell research and regeneration, but adequate genome resources for this species have been lacking. Here we report a highly contiguous genome assembly of S. mediterranea, using long-read sequencing and a de novo assembler (MARVEL) enhanced for low-complexity reads. The S. mediterranea genome is highly polymorphic and repetitive, […]

The sea lamprey germline genome provides insights into programmed genome rearrangement and vertebrate evolution

2018-01-22 /0 Comments/in /by

Nature Genetics        Published: 22 January 2018 Abstract：The sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) serves as a comparative model for reconstructing vertebrate evolution. To enable more informed analyses, we developed a new assembly of the lamprey germline genome that integrates several complementary data sets. Analysis of this highly contiguous (chromosome-scale) assembly shows that both chromosomal and whole-genome duplications have played significant roles in […]

NextOmics: the FIRST officially certified service provider of Oxford Nanopore sequencing in China

2018-01-18 /0 Comments/in /by

NextOmics, a subsidiary of Beijing GrandOmics Biosciences, has become the first officially certified service provider of Oxford Nanopore sequencing in China. NextOmics has established the Oxford Nanopore sequencing platform since September 2017, and has finished a few dozen pilot projects so far with outstanding yield and data quality. Currently, NextOmics has eleven GridIONs and two MinIONs […]

The pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) genome provides insights into fruit quality and ovule developmental biology

2017-12-22 /0 Comments/in /by

Plant Biotechnology Journal         Published: 22 December 2017 Abstract:Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) has an ancient cultivation history and has become an emerging profitable fruit crop due to its attractive features such as the bright red appearance and the high abundance of medicinally valuable ellagitannin-based compounds in its peel and aril. However, the limited genomic resources have restricted further elucidation of genetics […]