A genome draft of the legless anguid lizard, Ophisaurus gracilis

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• 作者：Bo Song ; Shifeng Cheng ; Yanbo Sun ; Xiao Zhong ; Jieqiong Jin ; Rui Guan…
• 关键词：Lizard genome ; Anguidae ; Squamate reptiles ; Limblessness
• 刊名：GigaScience
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：4
• 期：1
• 全文大小：315 KB
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• 刊物主题：Bioinformatics; Computational Biology/Bioinformatics; Computer Appl. in Life Sciences; Proteomics; Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：2047-217X

文摘

Background Transition from a lizard-like to a snake-like body form is one of the most important transformations in reptilian evolution. The increasing number of sequenced reptilian genomes is enabling a deeper understanding of vertebrate evolution, although the genetic basis of the loss of limbs in reptiles remains enigmatic. Here we report genome sequencing, assembly, and annotation for the Asian glass lizard Ophisaurus gracilis, a limbless lizard species with an elongated snake-like body form. Addition of this species to the genome repository will provide an excellent resource for studying the genetic basis of limb loss and trunk elongation. Findings O. gracilis genome sequencing using the Illumina HiSeq2000 platform resulted in 274.20 Gbp of raw data that was filtered and assembled to a final size of 1.78 Gbp, comprising 6,717 scaffolds with N50--.27 Mbp. Based on the k-mer estimated genome size of 1.71 Gbp, the assembly appears to be nearly 100% complete. A total of 19,513 protein-coding genes were predicted, and 884.06 Mbp of repeat sequences (approximately half of the genome) were annotated. The draft genome of O. gracilis has similar characteristics to both lizard and snake genomes. Conclusions We report the first genome of a lizard from the family Anguidae, O. gracilis. This supplements currently available genetic and genomic resources for amniote vertebrates, representing a major increase in comparative genome data available for squamate reptiles in particular.