The Genome of the Northern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni)
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 (Mbp) | Longest Scaffold (Mbp) | BUSCO Complete Genes | BUSCO Complete + Fragmented Genes |
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ABySS-pe | 2.555 + 0.132% in gaps | 121,917 | 70,247 | 0.115 | 2.301 | 5534 (88.50%) | 5931 (94.85%) |
Supernova | 2.394 + 1.27% in gaps | 26,442 | 10,285 | 21.34 | 97.14 | 5785 (92.52%) | 6047 (96.71%) |
Rails/Cobbler | 2.426 + 1.23% in gaps | 23,659 | 6770 | 38.45 | 107.2 | 5806 (92.85%) | 6051 (96.77%) |
Sealer | 2.426 + 1.22% in gaps | 22,813 | 6770 | 38.45 | 107.2 | 5806 (92.85%) | 6051 (96.77%) |
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Jones, S.J.; Haulena, M.; Taylor, G.A.; Chan, S.; Bilobram, S.; Warren, R.L.; Hammond, S.A.; Mungall, K.L.; Choo, C.; Kirk, H.; et al. The Genome of the Northern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni). Genes 2017, 8, 379. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes8120379
Jones SJ, Haulena M, Taylor GA, Chan S, Bilobram S, Warren RL, Hammond SA, Mungall KL, Choo C, Kirk H, et al. The Genome of the Northern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni). Genes. 2017; 8(12):379. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes8120379
Chicago/Turabian StyleJones, Samantha J., Martin Haulena, Gregory A. Taylor, Simon Chan, Steven Bilobram, René L. Warren, S. Austin Hammond, Karen L. Mungall, Caleb Choo, Heather Kirk, and et al. 2017. "The Genome of the Northern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni)" Genes 8, no. 12: 379. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes8120379