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SUBMITTER: Smith JJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3709584 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature genetics 20130224 4
Lampreys are representatives of an ancient vertebrate lineage that diverged from our own ∼500 million years ago. By virtue of this deeply shared ancestry, the sea lamprey (P. marinus) genome is uniquely poised to provide insight into the ancestry of vertebrate genomes and the underlying principles of vertebrate biology. Here, we present the first lamprey whole-genome sequence and assembly. We note challenges faced owing to its high content of repetitive elements and GC bases, as well as the abse ...[more]