The Genome of the Poecilogonous Annelid Streblospio benedicti.

ABSTRACT: Streblospio benedicti is a common marine annelid that has become an important model for developmental evolution. It is the only known example of poecilogony (where two distinct developmental modes occur within a single species) that is due to a heritable difference in egg size. The dimorphic developmental programs and life-histories exhibited in this species depend on differences within the genome, making it an optimal model for understanding the genomic basis of developmental divergence. Studies using S. benedicti have begun to uncover the genetic and genomic principles that underlie developmental uncoupling, but until now they have been limited by the lack of availability of genomic tools. Here, we present an annotated chromosomal-level genome assembly of S. benedicti generated from a co

SUBMITTER: Zakas C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8872972 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature