The Genome of the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods, Results and Discussion
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Assembly | Total Size (Gbp) | No. of Gaps | No. of Scaffolds | Scaffold N50 (bp) | Longest Scaffold (bp) | BUSCO Complete Genes | BUSCO Complete + Fragmented Genes |
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ABySS-pe | 2.325 + 0.216% in gaps | 210,782 | 102,940 | 58,545 | 997,316 | 4153 (66.42%) | 4689 (74.99%) |
Supernova | 2.314 + 1.40% in gaps | 30,858 | 8930 | 16.79 × 106 | 78 × 106 | 5667 (90.63%) | 5911 (94.53%) |
Rails/Cobbler | 2.327 + 1.37% in gaps | 26,898 | 6971 | 19.59 × 106 | 95 × 106 | 5669 (90.66%) | 5915 (94.59%) |
Sealer | 2.327 + 1.36% in gaps | 25,839 | 6971 | 19.59 × 106 | 95 × 106 | 5669 (90.66%) | 5915 (94.59%) |
Tissue | n | n:N50 | Min | N80 | N50 | N20 | Max | Sum | Read Count |
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Liver, dam | 960,722 | 117,511 | 74 | 144 | 420 | 1542 | 47,312 | 246.3 × 106 | 239.4 × 106 |
Brain, dam | 2,019,281 | 247,296 | 74 | 193 | 587 | 2013 | 18,656 | 691 × 106 | 247.0 × 106 |
Liver, daughter | 854,394 | 99,263 | 74 | 145 | 555 | 1538 | 47,494 | 235.4 × 106 | 241.2 × 106 |
Brain daughter | 2,258,624 | 260,327 | 74 | 198 | 653 | 2219 | 19,796 | 806.2 × 106 | 270.4 × 106 |
Lung, dam | 1,170,674 | 374,225 | 162 | 201 | 282 | 504 | 5091 | 339.2 × 106 | 25.6 × 106 |
Mixed, dam | 860,603 | 305,220 | 149 | 186 | 220 | 352 | 4751 | 208.2 × 106 | 26.6 × 106 |
Serum, dam | 1,244,441 | 516,834 | 135 | 195 | 203 | 287 | 8034 | 281.5 × 106 | 23.8 × 106 |
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Jones, S.J.M.; Taylor, G.A.; Chan, S.; Warren, R.L.; Hammond, S.A.; Bilobram, S.; Mordecai, G.; Suttle, C.A.; Miller, K.M.; Schulze, A.; et al. The Genome of the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas). Genes 2017, 8, 378. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes8120378
Jones SJM, Taylor GA, Chan S, Warren RL, Hammond SA, Bilobram S, Mordecai G, Suttle CA, Miller KM, Schulze A, et al. The Genome of the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas). Genes. 2017; 8(12):378. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes8120378
Chicago/Turabian StyleJones, Steven J. M., Gregory A. Taylor, Simon Chan, René L. Warren, S. Austin Hammond, Steven Bilobram, Gideon Mordecai, Curtis A. Suttle, Kristina M. Miller, Angela Schulze, and et al. 2017. "The Genome of the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas)" Genes 8, no. 12: 378. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes8120378
APA StyleJones, S. J. M., Taylor, G. A., Chan, S., Warren, R. L., Hammond, S. A., Bilobram, S., Mordecai, G., Suttle, C. A., Miller, K. M., Schulze, A., Chan, A. M., Jones, S. J., Tse, K., Li, I., Cheung, D., Mungall, K. L., Choo, C., Ally, A., Dhalla, N., ... Haulena, M. (2017). The Genome of the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas). Genes, 8(12), 378. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes8120378