The Genome of the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas)
The beluga whale is a cetacean that inhabits arctic and subarctic regions, and is the only living member of the genus Delphinapterus. The genome of the beluga whale was determined using DNA sequencing approaches that employed both microfluidic partitioning library and non-partitioned library constru...
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Steven J. M. Jones Gregory A. Taylor Simon Chan René L. Warren S. Austin Hammond Steven Bilobram Gideon Mordecai Curtis A. Suttle Kristina M. Miller Angela Schulze Amy M. Chan Samantha J. Jones Kane Tse Irene Li Dorothy Cheung Karen L. Mungall Caleb Choo Adrian Ally Noreen Dhalla Angela K. Y. Tam Armelle Troussard Heather Kirk Pawan Pandoh Daniel Paulino Robin J. N. Coope Andrew J. Mungall Richard Moore Yongjun Zhao Inanc Birol Yussanne Ma Marco Marra Martin Haulena |
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Steven J. M. Jones Gregory A. Taylor Simon Chan René L. Warren S. Austin Hammond Steven Bilobram Gideon Mordecai Curtis A. Suttle Kristina M. Miller Angela Schulze Amy M. Chan Samantha J. Jones Kane Tse Irene Li Dorothy Cheung Karen L. Mungall Caleb Choo Adrian Ally Noreen Dhalla Angela K. Y. Tam Armelle Troussard Heather Kirk Pawan Pandoh Daniel Paulino Robin J. N. Coope Andrew J. Mungall Richard Moore Yongjun Zhao Inanc Birol Yussanne Ma Marco Marra Martin Haulena The Genome of the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) Genes genome genome assembly beluga whale Delphinapterus leucas Cetacea |
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Steven J. M. Jones Gregory A. Taylor Simon Chan René L. Warren S. Austin Hammond Steven Bilobram Gideon Mordecai Curtis A. Suttle Kristina M. Miller Angela Schulze Amy M. Chan Samantha J. Jones Kane Tse Irene Li Dorothy Cheung Karen L. Mungall Caleb Choo Adrian Ally Noreen Dhalla Angela K. Y. Tam Armelle Troussard Heather Kirk Pawan Pandoh Daniel Paulino Robin J. N. Coope Andrew J. Mungall Richard Moore Yongjun Zhao Inanc Birol Yussanne Ma Marco Marra Martin Haulena |
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The Genome of the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) |
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The Genome of the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) |
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The Genome of the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) |
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The Genome of the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) |
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The Genome of the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) |
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genome of the beluga whale (delphinapterus leucas) |
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2073-4425 |
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2017-12-01 |
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The beluga whale is a cetacean that inhabits arctic and subarctic regions, and is the only living member of the genus Delphinapterus. The genome of the beluga whale was determined using DNA sequencing approaches that employed both microfluidic partitioning library and non-partitioned library construction. The former allowed for the construction of a highly contiguous assembly with a scaffold N50 length of over 19 Mbp and total reconstruction of 2.32 Gbp. To aid our understanding of the functional elements, transcriptome data was also derived from brain, duodenum, heart, lung, spleen, and liver tissue. Assembled sequence and all of the underlying sequence data are available at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) under the Bioproject accession number PRJNA360851A. |
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genome genome assembly beluga whale Delphinapterus leucas Cetacea |
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doaj-e17101b2240c49eba2f6f146b2f2d2442020-11-24T22:08:53ZengMDPI AGGenes2073-44252017-12-0181237810.3390/genes8120378genes8120378The Genome of the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas)Steven J. M. Jones0Gregory A. Taylor1Simon Chan2René L. Warren3S. Austin Hammond4Steven Bilobram5Gideon Mordecai6Curtis A. Suttle7Kristina M. Miller8Angela Schulze9Amy M. Chan10Samantha J. Jones11Kane Tse12Irene Li13Dorothy Cheung14Karen L. Mungall15Caleb Choo16Adrian Ally17Noreen Dhalla18Angela K. Y. Tam19Armelle Troussard20Heather Kirk21Pawan Pandoh22Daniel Paulino23Robin J. N. Coope24Andrew J. Mungall25Richard Moore26Yongjun Zhao27Inanc Birol28Yussanne Ma29Marco Marra30Martin Haulena31Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaDepartment of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, CanadaDepartment of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, CanadaFisheries and Oceans Canada, Molecular Genetics Section, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC V9R 5K6, CanadaFisheries and Oceans Canada, Molecular Genetics Section, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC V9R 5K6, CanadaDepartment of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaCanada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, CanadaVancouver Aquarium, Vancouver, BC V6G 3E2, CanadaThe beluga whale is a cetacean that inhabits arctic and subarctic regions, and is the only living member of the genus Delphinapterus. The genome of the beluga whale was determined using DNA sequencing approaches that employed both microfluidic partitioning library and non-partitioned library construction. The former allowed for the construction of a highly contiguous assembly with a scaffold N50 length of over 19 Mbp and total reconstruction of 2.32 Gbp. To aid our understanding of the functional elements, transcriptome data was also derived from brain, duodenum, heart, lung, spleen, and liver tissue. Assembled sequence and all of the underlying sequence data are available at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) under the Bioproject accession number PRJNA360851A.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/8/12/378genomegenome assemblybeluga whaleDelphinapterus leucasCetacea |