Article
The draft genome of Ciona intestinalis: insights into chordate and vertebrate origins.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 13 Dec 2002
Dehal Paramvir, Satou Yutaka, Campbell Robert K, Chapman Jarrod, Degnan Bernard, De Tomaso Anthony, Davidson Brad, Di Gregorio Anna, Gelpke Maarten, Goodstein David M, Harafuji Naoe, Hastings Kenneth E M, Ho Isaac, Hotta Kohji, Huang Wayne, Kawashima Takeshi, Lemaire Patrick, Martinez Diego, Meinertzhagen Ian A, Necula Simona, Nonaka Masaru, Putnam Nik, Rash Sam, Saiga Hidetoshi, Satake Masanobu, Terry Astrid, Yamada Lixy, Wang Hong-Gang, Awazu Satoko, Azumi Kaoru, Boore Jeffrey, Branno Margherita, Chin-Bow Stephen, DeSantis Rosaria, Doyle Sharon, Francino Pilar, Keys David N, Haga Shinobu, Hayashi Hiroko, Hino Kyosuke, Imai Kaoru S, Inaba Kazuo, Kano Shungo, Kobayashi Kenji, Kobayashi Mari, Lee Byung-In, Makabe Kazuhiro W, Manohar Chitra, Matassi Giorgio, Medina Monica, Mochizuki Yasuaki, Mount Steve, Morishita Tomomi, Miura Sachiko, Nakayama Akie, Nishizaka Satoko, Nomoto Hisayo, Ohta Fumiko, Oishi Kazuko, Rigoutsos Isidore, Sano Masako, Sasaki Akane, Sasakura Yasunori, Shoguchi Eiichi, Shin-i Tadasu, Spagnuolo Antoinetta, Stainier Didier, Suzuki Miho M, Tassy Olivier, Takatori Naohito, Tokuoka Miki, Yagi Kasumi, Yoshizaki Fumiko, Wada Shuichi, Zhang Cindy, Hyatt P Douglas, Larimer Frank, Detter Chris, Doggett Norman, Glavina Tijana, Hawkins Trevor, Richardson Paul, Lucas Susan, Kohara Yuji, Levine Michael, Satoh Nori, Rokhsar Daniel S
Abstract excerpt
The first chordates appear in the fossil record at the time of the Cambrian explosion, nearly 550 million years ago. The modern ascidian tadpole represents a plausible approximation to these ancestral chordates. To illuminate the origins of chordate and vertebrates, we generated a draft of the protein-coding portion of the genome of the most studied ascidian, Ciona intestinalis. The Ciona genome contains...
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