Article
The sequence and de novo assembly of the giant panda genome.
Nature - 21 Jan 2010
Li Ruiqiang, Fan Wei, Tian Geng, Zhu Hongmei, He Lin, Cai Jing, Huang Quanfei, Cai Qingle, Li Bo, Bai Yinqi, Zhang Zhihe, Zhang Yaping, Wang Wen, Li Jun, Wei Fuwen, Li Heng, Jian Min, Li Jianwen, Zhang Zhaolei, Nielsen Rasmus, Li Dawei, Gu Wanjun, Yang Zhentao, Xuan Zhaoling, Ryder Oliver A, Leung Frederick Chi-Ching, Zhou Yan, Cao Jianjun, Sun Xiao, Fu Yonggui, Fang Xiaodong, Guo Xiaosen, Wang Bo, Hou Rong, Shen Fujun, Mu Bo, Ni Peixiang, Lin Runmao, Qian Wubin, Wang Guodong, Yu Chang, Nie Wenhui, Wang Jinhuan, Wu Zhigang, Liang Huiqing, Min Jiumeng, Wu Qi, Cheng Shifeng, Ruan Jue, Wang Mingwei, Shi Zhongbin, Wen Ming, Liu Binghang, Ren Xiaoli, Zheng Huisong, Dong Dong, Cook Kathleen, Shan Gao, Zhang Hao, Kosiol Carolin, Xie Xueying, Lu Zuhong, Zheng Hancheng, Li Yingrui, Steiner Cynthia C, Lam Tommy Tsan-Yuk, Lin Siyuan, Zhang Qinghui, Li Guoqing, Tian Jing, Gong Timing, Liu Hongde, Zhang Dejin, Fang Lin, Ye Chen, Zhang Juanbin, Hu Wenbo, Xu Anlong, Ren Yuanyuan, Zhang Guojie, Bruford Michael W, Li Qibin, Ma Lijia, Guo Yiran, An Na, Hu Yujie, Zheng Yang, Shi Yongyong, Li Zhiqiang, Liu Qing, Chen Yanling, Zhao Jing, Qu Ning, Zhao Shancen, Tian Feng, Wang Xiaoling, Wang Haiyin, Xu Lizhi, Liu Xiao, Vinar Tomas, Wang Yajun, Lam Tak-Wah, Yiu Siu-Ming, Liu Shiping, Zhang Hemin, Li Desheng, Huang Yan, Wang Xia, Yang Guohua, Jiang Zhi, Wang Junyi, Qin Nan, Li Li, Li Jingxiang, Bolund Lars, Kristiansen Karsten, Wong Gane Ka-Shu, Olson Maynard, Zhang Xiuqing, Li Songgang, Yang Huanming, Wang Jian, Wang Jun
Abstract excerpt
Using next-generation sequencing technology alone, we have successfully generated and assembled a draft sequence of the giant panda genome. The assembled contigs (2.25 gigabases (Gb)) cover approximately 94% of the whole genome, and the remaining gaps (0.05 Gb) seem to contain carnivore-specific repeats and tandem repeats. Comparisons with the dog and human showed that the panda genome has a lower divergence...
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