Nature Communications (Jul 2020)
Tracing animal genomic evolution with the chromosomal-level assembly of the freshwater sponge Ephydatia muelleri
- Nathan J. Kenny,
- Warren R. Francis,
- Ramón E. Rivera-Vicéns,
- Ksenia Juravel,
- Alex de Mendoza,
- Cristina Díez-Vives,
- Ryan Lister,
- Luis A. Bezares-Calderón,
- Lauren Grombacher,
- Maša Roller,
- Lael D. Barlow,
- Sara Camilli,
- Joseph F. Ryan,
- Gert Wörheide,
- April L. Hill,
- Ana Riesgo,
- Sally P. Leys
Affiliations
- Nathan J. Kenny
- Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum
- Warren R. Francis
- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark
- Ramón E. Rivera-Vicéns
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Paleontology & Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Ksenia Juravel
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Paleontology & Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Alex de Mendoza
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia
- Cristina Díez-Vives
- Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum
- Ryan Lister
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia
- Luis A. Bezares-Calderón
- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter
- Lauren Grombacher
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
- Maša Roller
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute
- Lael D. Barlow
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
- Sara Camilli
- Department of Biology, Bates College
- Joseph F. Ryan
- Whitney Lab for Marine Bioscience and the Department of Biology, University of Florida
- Gert Wörheide
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Paleontology & Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- April L. Hill
- Department of Biology, Bates College
- Ana Riesgo
- Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum
- Sally P. Leys
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17397-w
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
Reconstructing the early molecular evolution of animals requires genomic resources for non-bilaterian animals. Here, the authors present the chromosome-level genome of a freshwater sponge together with analyses of its genome architecture, methylation, developmental gene expression, and microbiome.
