The genome sequence of the corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus), a valuable resource for EvoDevo studies in squamates

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 10-12, 2014, Pages 881-888

  Ullate Agote, Asier ^a,b   Milinkovitch, Michel C ^a,b   Tzika, Athanasia C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amelanistic; Corn snake; Genome; Pantherophis guttatus; Reptile; SNP calling

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CORN SNAKE; EMBRYO; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EXOME; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; HEREDITY; HOX GENE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPTILE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN COLOR; SNAKE; SQUAMATE; ANIMAL; DEFICIENCY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GENOME; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; LIZARD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROCEDURES;

PANTHEROPHIS GUTTATUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; LIZARDS; MELANINS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SNAKES; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84936769245     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.150060at     Document Type: Article

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