Article
The genome of the vervet (Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus).
Genome research - 1 Dec 2015
Warren Wesley C, Jasinska Anna J, García-Pérez Raquel, Svardal Hannes, Tomlinson Chad, Rocchi Mariano, Archidiacono Nicoletta, Capozzi Oronzo, Minx Patrick, Montague Michael J, Kyung Kim, Hillier LaDeana W, Kremitzki Milinn, Graves Tina, Chiang Colby, Hughes Jennifer, Tran Nam, Huang Yu, Ramensky Vasily, Choi Oi-Wa, Jung Yoon J, Schmitt Christopher A, Juretic Nikoleta, Wasserscheid Jessica, Turner Trudy R, Wiseman Roger W, Tuscher Jennifer J, Karl Julie A, Schmitz Jörn E, Zahn Roland, O'Connor David H, Redmond Eugene, Nisbett Alex, Jacquelin Béatrice, Müller-Trutwin Michaela C, Brenchley Jason M, Dione Michel, Antonio Martin, Schroth Gary P, Kaplan Jay R, Jorgensen Matthew J, Thomas Gregg W C, Hahn Matthew W, Raney Brian J, Aken Bronwen, Nag Rishi, Schmitz Juergen, Churakov Gennady, Noll Angela, Stanyon Roscoe, Webb David, Thibaud-Nissen Francoise, Nordborg Magnus, Marques-Bonet Tomas, Dewar Ken, Weinstock George M, Wilson Richard K, Freimer Nelson B
Abstract excerpt
We describe a genome reference of the African green monkey or vervet (Chlorocebus aethiops). This member of the Old World monkey (OWM) superfamily is uniquely valuable for genetic investigations of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), for which it is the most abundant natural host species, and of a wide range of health-related phenotypes assessed in Caribbean vervets (C. a. sabaeus), whose numbers have expanded...
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