FN Archimer Export Format
PT J
TI The case for sequencing the Pacific oyster genome
BT 
AF HEDGECOCK, Dennis
   GAFFNEY, Patrick M.
   GOULLETQUER, Philippe
   GUO, ximing
   REECE, Kimberly
   WARR, Gregory
AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:4;5:5;6:6;
FF 1:;2:;3:PDG-DOP-DCN-AGSAE;4:;5:;6:;
C1 Univ South Calif, Dept Biol Sci, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA.
   Univ Delaware, Coll Marine Studies, Lewes, DE 19958 USA.
   Inst Francais Rech Exploitat Mer, F-17390 La Tremblade, France.
   Rutgers State Univ, Inst Marine & Coastal Sci, Haskin Shellfish Res Lab, Port Norris, NJ 08349 USA.
   Coll William & Mary, Sch Marine Sci, Virginia Inst Marine Sci, Gloucester Point, VA 23062 USA.
   Med Univ S Carolina, Hollings Marine Lab, Charleston, SC 29412 USA.
C2 UNIV SOUTH CALIF, USA
   UNIV DELAWARE, USA
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   UNIV RUTGERS STATE, USA
   VIRGINIA INST MARINE SCI, USA
   UNIV MED S CAROLINA, USA
SI LA TREMBLADE
SE PDG-DOP-DCN-AGSAE
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-int-hors-europe
IF 0.479
TC 78
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2005/publication-2128.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Genomics;Evolutionary and ecological;Nucleotide diversity;Lophotrochozoa;Crassostrea gigas genome sequence;Pacific oyster
AB An international community of biologists presents the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas as a candidate for genome sequencing. This oyster has global distribution and for the past several years the highest annual production of any freshwater or marine organism (4.2 million metric tons, worth $3.5 billion US). Economic and cultural importance of oysters motivates a great deal of biologic research, which provides a compelling rationale for sequencing an oyster genome. Strong rationales for sequencing the oyster genome also come from contrasts to other genomes: membership in the Lophotrochozoa, an understudied branch of the Eukaryotes and high fecundity, with concomitantly high DNA sequence polymorphism and a population biology that is more like plants than any of the model animals whose genomes have been sequenced to date. Finally, oysters play an important, sentinel role in the estuarine and coastal marine habitats, where most humans live, environmental degradation is substantial, and oysters suffer intense fishing pressures and natural mortalities from disease and stress. Consumption of contaminated oysters can pose risks to human health from infectious diseases. The genome of the Pacific oyster, at IC = 0.89 pg or similar to 824 Mb, ranks in the bottom 12% of genome sizes for the Phylum Mollusca. The biologic and genomic resources available for the Pacific oyster are unparalleled by resources for any other bivalve mollusc or marine invertebrate. Inbred lines have been developed for experimental crosses and genetics research. Use of DNA from inbred lines is proposed as a strategy for reducing the high nucleotide polymorphism, which can interfere with shotgun sequencing approaches. We have moderately dense linkage maps and various genomic and expressed DNA libraries. The value of these existing resources for a broad range of evolutionary and environmental sciences will be greatly leveraged by having a draft genome sequence.
PY 2005
PD AUG
SO Journal of Shellfish Research
SN 0730-8000
PU National Shellfisheries Association
VL 24
IS 2
UT 000231367900013
BP 429
EP 441
ID 2128
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