The channel catfish genome sequence provides insights into the evolution of scale formation in teleosts

Catfish represent 12% of teleost or 6.3% of all vertebrate species, and are of enormous economic value. Here we report a high-quality reference genome sequence of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), the major aquaculture species in the US. The reference genome sequence was validated by genetic ma...

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Main Authors: Liu, Zhanjiang, Liu, Shikai, Yao, Jun, Bao, Lisui, Zhang, Jiaren, Li, Yun, Jiang, Chen, Sun, Luyang, Wang, Ruijia, Zhang, Yu, Zhou, Tao, Zeng, Qifan, Fu, Qiang, Gao, Sen, Li, Ning, Koren, Sergey, Jiang, Yanliang, Zimin, Aleksey, Xu, Peng, Phillippy, Adam M., Geng, Xin, Song, Lin, Sun, Fanyue, Li, Chao, Wang, Xiaozhu, Chen, Ailu, Jin, Yulin, Yuan, Zihao, Yang, Yujia, Tan, Suxu, Peatman, Eric, Lu, Jianguo, Qin, Zhenkui, Dunham, Rex, Li, Zhaoxia, Sonstegard, Tad, Feng, Jianbin, Danzmann, Roy G., Schroeder, Steven, Scheffler, Brian, Duke, Mary V., Ballard, Linda, Kucuktas, Huseyin, Kaltenboeck, Ludmilla, Liu, Haixia, Armbruster, Jonathan, Xie, Yangjie, Kirby, Mona L., Tian, Yi, Flanagan, Mary Elizabeth, Mu, Weijie, Waldbieser, Geoffrey C.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4895719/