Sequencing the genome of the Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus) as a model for studying extreme adaptations in snakes

Genome Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Castoe, Todd A ^a   de Koning, AP Jason ^a   Hall, Kathryn T ^a   Yokoyama, Ken D ^a   Gu, Wanjun ^b   Smith, Eric N ^c   Feschotte, Cédric ^c   Uetz, Peter ^d   Ray, David A ^e   Dobry, Jason ^f   Bogden, Robert ^f   Mackessy, Stephen P ^g   Bronikowski, Anne M ^h   Warren, Wesley C ⁱ   Secor, Stephen M ^j   Pollock, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Southeast University   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^e MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Amplicon Express   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^h IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BURMESE PYTHON; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONSORTIUM FOR SNAKE GENOMICS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RESOURCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HOX GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SNAKE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BOIDAE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; LETTER; RESEARCH;

PYTHON MOLURUS BIVITTATUS; SERPENTES;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BOIDAE; GENOME; RESEARCH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79960891921     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2011-12-7-406     Document Type: Article

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