LaGomiCs—Lagomorph Genomics Consortium: an international collaborative effort for sequencing the genomes of an entire mammalian order
The order Lagomorpha comprises about 90 living species, divided in 2 families: the pikas (Family Ochotonidae), and the rabbits, hares, and jackrabbits (Family Leporidae). Lagomorphs are important economically and scientifically as major human food resources, valued game species, pests of agricultura...
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ftiasma:oai:openpub.fmach.it:10449/43290 2024-02-11T09:58:39+01:00 LaGomiCs—Lagomorph Genomics Consortium: an international collaborative effort for sequencing the genomes of an entire mammalian order Fontanesi, L. Di Palma, F. Flicek, P. Smith, A. T. Thulin, C.G. Alves, P. Lagomorph Genomics Consortium Vernesi, Cristiano Fontanesi, L. Di Palma, F. Flicek, P. Smith, A.T. Thulin, C.G. Alves, P. Vernesi, C. Lagomorph Genomics, C. 2016 Elettronico/Electronic http://hdl.handle.net/10449/43290 https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esw010 eng eng country:GB info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000376877400001 volume:107 issue:4 firstpage:295 lastpage:308 journal:JOURNAL OF HEREDITY http://hdl.handle.net/10449/43290 doi:10.1093/jhered/esw010 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-84977117457 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Comparative genomics Mammalian evolution Sequencing data White Paper Whole genome sequencing International consortium Settore BIO/05 - ZOOLOGIA info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2016 ftiasma https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esw010 2024-01-23T23:23:52Z The order Lagomorpha comprises about 90 living species, divided in 2 families: the pikas (Family Ochotonidae), and the rabbits, hares, and jackrabbits (Family Leporidae). Lagomorphs are important economically and scientifically as major human food resources, valued game species, pests of agricultural significance, model laboratory animals, and key elements in food webs. A quarter of the lagomorph species are listed as threatened. They are native to all continents except Antarctica, and occur up to 5000 m above sea level, from the equator to the Arctic, spanning a wide range of environmental conditions. The order has notable taxonomic problems presenting significant difficulties for defining a species due to broad phenotypic variation, overlap of morphological characteristics, and relatively recent speciation events. At present, only the genomes of 2 species, the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and American pika (Ochotona princeps) have been sequenced and assembled. Starting from a paucity of genome information, the main scientific aim of the Lagomorph Genomics Consortium (LaGomiCs), born from a cooperative initiative of the European COST Action “A Collaborative European Network on Rabbit Genome Biology—RGBNet” and the World Lagomorph Society (WLS), is to provide an international framework for the sequencing of the genome of all extant and selected extinct lagomorphs. Sequencing the genomes of an entire order will provide a large amount of information to address biological problems not only related to lagomorphs but also to all mammals. We present current and planned sequencing programs and outline the final objective of LaGomiCs possible through broad international collaboration. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Arctic Fondazione Edmund Mach: IRIS-OpenPub Arctic Journal of Heredity 107 4 295 308 |
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Comparative genomics Mammalian evolution Sequencing data White Paper Whole genome sequencing International consortium Settore BIO/05 - ZOOLOGIA Fontanesi, L. Di Palma, F. Flicek, P. Smith, A. T. Thulin, C.G. Alves, P. Lagomorph Genomics Consortium Vernesi, Cristiano LaGomiCs—Lagomorph Genomics Consortium: an international collaborative effort for sequencing the genomes of an entire mammalian order |
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The order Lagomorpha comprises about 90 living species, divided in 2 families: the pikas (Family Ochotonidae), and the rabbits, hares, and jackrabbits (Family Leporidae). Lagomorphs are important economically and scientifically as major human food resources, valued game species, pests of agricultural significance, model laboratory animals, and key elements in food webs. A quarter of the lagomorph species are listed as threatened. They are native to all continents except Antarctica, and occur up to 5000 m above sea level, from the equator to the Arctic, spanning a wide range of environmental conditions. The order has notable taxonomic problems presenting significant difficulties for defining a species due to broad phenotypic variation, overlap of morphological characteristics, and relatively recent speciation events. At present, only the genomes of 2 species, the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and American pika (Ochotona princeps) have been sequenced and assembled. Starting from a paucity of genome information, the main scientific aim of the Lagomorph Genomics Consortium (LaGomiCs), born from a cooperative initiative of the European COST Action “A Collaborative European Network on Rabbit Genome Biology—RGBNet” and the World Lagomorph Society (WLS), is to provide an international framework for the sequencing of the genome of all extant and selected extinct lagomorphs. Sequencing the genomes of an entire order will provide a large amount of information to address biological problems not only related to lagomorphs but also to all mammals. We present current and planned sequencing programs and outline the final objective of LaGomiCs possible through broad international collaboration. |
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Fontanesi, L. Di Palma, F. Flicek, P. Smith, A.T. Thulin, C.G. Alves, P. Vernesi, C. Lagomorph Genomics, C. |
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LaGomiCs—Lagomorph Genomics Consortium: an international collaborative effort for sequencing the genomes of an entire mammalian order |
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LaGomiCs—Lagomorph Genomics Consortium: an international collaborative effort for sequencing the genomes of an entire mammalian order |
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LaGomiCs—Lagomorph Genomics Consortium: an international collaborative effort for sequencing the genomes of an entire mammalian order |
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lagomics—lagomorph genomics consortium: an international collaborative effort for sequencing the genomes of an entire mammalian order |
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