bioimagesUnknownAndrew W. Liuhttps://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-BIAD21bioimagesExperiment AExperiment BOrganizationExperiment EExperiment CExperiment DAndrew W. LiuYongkai TanfalseCentromere specific antibody mediated karyotyping of Okinawan Oikopleura dioicaOikopleura dioica is a ubiquitous marine tunicate that has been of biological interest due to features that include dioecious reproduction, short life cycle and vertebrate-like dorsal notochord while possessing relatively compact genome. The use of tunicates as a model organism, particularly with these characteristics, offers the advantage of facilitating studies in evolutionary development and furthering the understanding of enduring attributes found in the more complex vertebrates. At present, we are undertaking a novel initiative to sequence the genomes of Oikopleura individuals in populations found among the seas surrounding the Ryukyu Islands in southern Japan. To facilitate and validate genome assemblies, karyotyping was employed to count individual animals’ chromosomes in situ using2020-07-01T00:00:00Z2023-04-08T19:58:56.592Z2020-06-04T16:28:18ZS-BIAD21