PUBLICATION

Hybrid genome assembly and annotation of Danionella translucida

Authors
Kadobianskyi, M., Schulze, L., Schuelke, M., Judkewitz, B.
ID
ZDB-PUB-190828-12
Date
2019
Source
Scientific data   6: 156 (Other)
Registered Authors
Judkewitz, Benjamin
Keywords
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MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Brain
  • Cyprinidae/genetics*
  • Gene Library
  • Genome*
  • Molecular Sequence Annotation*
  • Neurons
  • RNA-Seq
  • Transcriptome
PubMed
31451709 Full text @ Sci Data
Abstract
Studying neuronal circuits at cellular resolution is very challenging in vertebrates due to the size and optical turbidity of their brains. Danionella translucida, a close relative of zebrafish, was recently introduced as a model organism for investigating neural network interactions in adult individuals. Danionella remains transparent throughout its life, has the smallest known vertebrate brain and possesses a rich repertoire of complex behaviours. Here we sequenced, assembled and annotated the Danionella translucida genome employing a hybrid Illumina/Nanopore read library as well as RNA-seq of embryonic, larval and adult mRNA. We achieved high assembly continuity using low-coverage long-read data and annotated a large fraction of the transcriptome. This dataset will pave the way for molecular research and targeted genetic manipulation of this novel model organism.
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