A chromosome-level genome assembly of longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus.

ABSTRACT: Holosteans (gars and bowfins) represent the sister lineage to teleost fishes, the latter being a clade that comprises over half of all living vertebrates and includes important models for comparative genomics and human health. A major distinction between the evolutionary history of teleosts and holosteans is that all teleosts experienced a genome duplication event in their early evolutionary history. As the teleost genome duplication occurred after teleosts diverged from holosteans, holosteans have been heralded as a means to bridge teleost models to other vertebrate genomes. However, only three species of holosteans have been genome-sequenced to date, and sequencing of more species is needed to fill sequence sampling gaps and provide a broader comparative basis for understanding holostean

SUBMITTER: Mallik R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10320754 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature