H3S28P Antibody Staining of Okinawan  Oikopleura dioica Suggests the Presence of Three Chromosomes.

ABSTRACT: Oikopleura dioica is a ubiquitous marine zooplankton of biological interest owing to features that include dioecious reproduction, a short life cycle, conserved chordate body plan, and a compact genome. It is an important tunicate model for evolutionary and developmental research, as well as investigations into marine ecosystems. The genome of north Atlantic O. dioica comprises three chromosomes. However, comparisons with the genomes of O. dioica sampled from mainland and southern Japan revealed extensive sequence differences. Moreover, historical studies have reported widely varying chromosome counts. We recently initiated a project to study the genomes of O. dioica individuals collected from the coastline of the Ryukyu (Okinawa) Islands in southern Japan. Give

SUBMITTER: Liu AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7941098 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature