A customized Web portal for the genome of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mnemiopsis leidyi is a ctenophore native to the coastal waters of the western Atlantic Ocean. A number of studies on Mnemiopsis have led to a better understanding of many key biological processes, and these studies have contributed to the emergence of Mnemiopsis as an important model for evolutionary and developmental studies. Recently, we sequenced, assembled, annotated, and performed a preliminary analysis on the 150-megabase genome of the ctenophore, Mnemiopsis. This sequencing effort has produced the first set of whole-genome sequencing data on any ctenophore species and is amongst the first wave of projects to sequence an animal genome de novo solely using next-generation sequencing technologies.

Description

The Mnemiopsis Genome Project Portal (http://resear

SUBMITTER: Moreland RT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4234515 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature