Project description:Whole Genome Bisulfite Sequencing (WGBS) has been the gold standard DNA methylation mapping and quantification for over a decade. Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) sequencing directly measures nucleotide modifications. In this study, we have compared DNA methylation levels (5-methylcytosine) at CpG sites in the quail genome using WGBS and ONT. Samples were collected to investigate transgenerational DNA methylation changes in Japanese quail following ancestral exposure to a phytoestrogen. Blood samples from 24 third-generation (G3) individuals—descendants of either treated or untreated ancestors—were sequenced after bisulfite conversion. Both methods revealed broadly consistent methylation patterns. ONT reads covered more CpG sites and detected a higher number of differentially methylated cytosines (DMCs). Principal component analyses showed that both sex and ancestral treatment groups accounted for a portion of the observed epigenetic variation, for both technologies. Strong concordance between WGBS and ONT results supports the reliability of ONT sequencing for epigenomic research, including in quails. These data pave the way for further investigation into whether genistein induces epigenetic changes for several generations.
Project description:One ONT-ULK sequencing run from the kidney of a single male CDMR (Bathyergus suillus) sample used to make the mBatSui1.1.primary genome assembly as an evolutionary comparator to our telomere-to-telomere naked mole-rat genome assembly. Specifically, we assembled a CDMR from a wild-derived sample in South African cape and sequenced in Toronto, Canada, using PacBio HiFi (89 Gb, read N50 = 18 Kb) and ONT-ULK (55 Gb, read N50 = 43 Kb) reads (contig N50 = 33 Mb, Compleasm S = 99%, QV = 71.0). This accession stores the ONT-ULK data for this assembly.
Project description:Two PacBio Hifi sequencing runs from the kidney of a single male NMR sample used to make the mHetGla4.1.primary genome assembly. Specifically, we assembled a second NMR genome from an unrelated male of a separate captive colony in Toronto, Canada, using PacBio HiFi (155.8 Gb, read N50 = 11.45 Kb) and ONT-LSK (299.6 Gb, read N50 = 10.1 Kb) reads (contig N50 = 75.7 Mb, Compleasm S = 98%). This accession stores the ONT-LSK data for this independent assembly.
Project description:RNA-seq expression data from 6 libraries in Caligus rogercresseyi RNA from pooled samples from farmed Atlantic salmon was extracted by mixer-mill (Retsch) homogenization in Trizol (Invitrogen), followed by column clean-up using the RNeasy kit (QIAGEN)