The Tetragnatha kauaiensis Genome Sheds Light on the Origins of Genomic Novelty in Spiders.

ABSTRACT: Spiders (Araneae) have a diverse spectrum of morphologies, behaviors, and physiologies. Attempts to understand the genomic-basis of this diversity are often hindered by their large, heterozygous, and AT-rich genomes with high repeat content resulting in highly fragmented, poor-quality assemblies. As a result, the key attributes of spider genomes, including gene family evolution, repeat content, and gene function, remain poorly understood. Here, we used Illumina and Dovetail Chicago technologies to sequence the genome of the long-jawed spider Tetragnatha kauaiensis, producing an assembly distributed along 3,925 scaffolds with an N50 of ∼2 Mb. Using comparative genomics tools, we explore genome evolution across available spider assemblies. Our findings suggest that the previously reported an

SUBMITTER: Cerca J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8693713 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature