Reading and editing the Pleurodeles waltl genome reveals novel features of tetrapod regeneration

The Iberian ribbed newt Pleurodeles waltl has a wide spectrum of regeneration abilities. Here, Elewa et al. sequence its ~20 Gb genome and transcriptome to investigate the molecular features underlying its regenerative capacities.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ahmed Elewa, Heng Wang, Carlos Talavera-López, Alberto Joven, Gonçalo Brito, Anoop Kumar, L. Shahul Hameed, May Penrad-Mobayed, Zeyu Yao, Neda Zamani, Yamen Abbas, Ilgar Abdullayev, Rickard Sandberg, Manfred Grabherr, Björn Andersson, András Simon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01964-9