To sequence the genome of the huge isopod Bathynomus jamesi, the team de novo put together Pacific Bio long reads rather than utilizing either of the existing 2 terrestrial isopod genomes as a scaffold. That resulted in an extremely contiguous, 5.24 Gb genome– almost 3.5 times the size of the next biggest isopod genome– that, based on a pool of anticipated crustacean genes, was about 95 percent complete.A Bathynomus giganteus huge isopod swims its method into the hearts of the Okeanos Explorer crew.NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Gulf of Mexico 2017Notably, approximately 90 percent the genome included repeated series, a much bigger percentage than that observed in other sequenced crustaceans (which are generally less than 60 percent repetitive series). A chromosome-level assembly of the 6.23 Gb genome of the flying spider-monkey tree fern, published May 09 in Nature Plants, is just the third fern genome sequenced to date, and the first for the order Cyatheales (tree ferns).
To series the genome of the huge isopod Bathynomus jamesi, the team de novo assembled Pacific Bio long reads rather than utilizing either of the existing 2 terrestrial isopod genomes as a scaffold. That resulted in a highly contiguous, 5.24 Gb genome– almost 3.5 times the size of the next largest isopod genome– that, based on a pool of anticipated crustacean genes, was about 95 percent complete.A Bathynomus giganteus giant isopod swims its way into the hearts of the Okeanos Explorer crew.NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Gulf of Mexico 2017Notably, approximately 90 percent the genome featured repeated sequences, a much bigger percentage than that observed in other sequenced crustaceans (which are typically less than 60 percent repeated series). A chromosome-level assembly of the 6.23 Gb genome of the flying spider-monkey tree fern, published May 09 in Nature Plants, is only the third fern genome sequenced to date, and the first for the order Cyatheales (tree ferns).
