Finishing a whole-genome shotgun: Release 3 of the Drosophila melanogaster euchromatic genome sequence

The Drosophila melanogaster genome was the first metazoan genome to be sequenced by whole-genome shotgun. Now, the sequence has been finished in a process designed to close gaps, improve sequence quality and validate the assembly.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Celniker, Susan E, Wheeler, David A, Kronmiller, Brent, Carlson, Joseph W, Halpern, Aaron, Patel, Sandeep, Adams, Mark, Champe, Mark, Dugan, Shannon P, Frise, Erwin, Hodgson, Ann, George, Reed A, Hoskins, Roger A, Laverty, Todd, Muzny, Donna M, Nelson, Catherine R, Pacleb, Joanne M, Park, Soo, Pfeiffer, Barret D, Richards, Stephen, Sodergren, Erica J, Svirskas, Robert, Tabor, Paul E, Wan, Kenneth, Stapleton, Mark, Sutton, Granger G, Venter, Craig, Weinstock, George, Scherer, Steven E, Myers, Eugene W, Gibbs, Richard A, Rubin, Gerald M
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2002
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC151181/