Sea Squirt Genome Sequencing: Ciona savignyi

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) currently supports a project aimed at producing a high quality genomic sequence of the sea squirt Ciona savignyi. The genome was sequenced to 14-fold sequence depth; this high degree of coverage was required to overcome whole genome shotgun assembly challenges posed by a high polymorphism rate.

Project Link

• Broad Institute/MIT [broad.mit.edu]

Additional Resources

Sequence and Assembly

• Individual Sequence Reads:
  • NCBI Trace Archive [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
  • Ensembl Trace Server [trace.ensembl.org]
    
    
• Sequence Assemblies
  • Broad Institute/MIT [broad.mit.edu] (Download of Assembly)

BAC Libraries

• Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) [bacpac.chori.org] - C. savignyi BAC libraries

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Last Reviewed: October 31, 2008