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Chromosome-level assembly of the water buffalo genome surpasses human and goat genomes in sequence contiguity

Authors :
Wai Yee Low
Rick Tearle
Derek M. Bickhart
Benjamin D. Rosen
Sarah B. Kingan
Thomas Swale
Françoise Thibaud-Nissen
Terence D. Murphy
Rachel Young
Lucas Lefevre
David A. Hume
Andrew Collins
Paolo Ajmone-Marsan
Timothy P. L. Smith
John L. Williams
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2019.

Abstract

Despite technological advances, chromosome-level assemblies of mammalian genomes are still rare. Here, the authors use PacBio, Chicago and Hi-C approaches to generate a highly contiguous and partially-phased genome assembly for the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
10
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.14a90b8a009a4e68b38d7d5990c6824c
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08260-0