Multi-platform next-generation sequencing of the domestic Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo): Genome assembly and analysis

PLoS Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Dalloul, Rami A ^a   Long, Julie A ^b   Zimin, Aleksey V ^c   Aslam, Luqman ^d   Beal, Kathryn ^e   Blomberg, Le Ann ^b   Bouffard, Pascal ^f   Burt, David W ^g   Crasta, Oswald ^h,i   Crooijmans, Richard P M A ^d   Cooper, Kristal ^h   Coulombe, Roger A ^j   De, Supriyo ^k   Delany, Mary E ^l   Dodgson, Jerry B ^m   Dong, Jennifer J ⁿ   Evans, Clive ^h   Frederickson, Karin M ^f   Flicek, Paul ^e   Florea, Liliana ^c   Folkerts, Otto ^h,i   Groenen, Martien A M ^d   Harkins, Tim T ^f   Herrero, Javier ^e   Hoffmann, Steve ^o   Megens, Hendrik Jan ^d   Jiang, Andrew ^l   de Jong, Pieter ^p   Kaiser, Pete ^q   Kim, Heebal ^r   Kim, Kyu Won ^r   Kim, Sungwon ^a   Langenberger, David ^o   Lee, Mi Kyung ⁿ   Lee, Taeheon ^r   Mane, Shrinivasrao ^h   Marcais, Guillaume ^c   Marz, Manja ^o,s   McElroy, Audrey P ^a   Modise, Thero ^h   Nefedov, Mikhail ^p   Notredame, Cédric ^t   Paton, Ian R ^g   Payne, William S ^m   Pertea, Geo ^c   Prickett, Dennis ^q   Puiu, Daniela ^c   Qioa, Dan ^u   Raineri, Emanuele ^t   Ruffier, Magali ^v   Salzberg, Steven L ^w   Schatz, Michael C ^w   Scheuring, Chantel ⁿ   Schmidt, Carl J ^x   Schroeder, Steven ^b   Searle, Stephen M J ^v   Smith, Edward J ^a   Smith, Jacqueline ^g   Sonstegard, Tad S ^b   Stadler, Peter F ^o,y,z,aa,ab   Tafer, Hakim ^o,aa   Tu, Zhijian ^a   van Tassell, Curtis P ^b   Vilella, Albert J ^e   Williams, Kelly P ^h   Yorke, James A ^c   Zhang, Liqing ^u   Zhang, Hong Bin ⁿ   Zhang, Xiaojun ⁿ   Zhang, Yang ⁿ   Reed, Kent M ^ac   more..

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e EUROPEAN BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f Roche Applied Science   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ Chromatin Inc   (United States)

^j UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m Texas A and M University ^*  (United States)

ⁿ TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^p CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^q INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^r Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^s PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^t UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^u State University   (United States)

^v WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^w Beltsville Agricultural Research Center ^*  (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^y MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

^z FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR CELL THERAPY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^ab SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BIRD; CHICKEN; CONTIG MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC FOWL; FOWL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME ASSEMBLY; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MAMMAL; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RNA GENE; SPECIES COMPARISON; TURKEY (BIRD); VERTEBRATE;

AVES; MAMMALIA; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77957903598     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000475     Document Type: Article

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