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Rapid Evolutionary Rates And Unique Genomic Signatures Discovered In The First Reference Genome For The Southern Ocean Salp, Salpa Thompsoni (Urochordata, Thaliacea)., Nathaniel K. Jue, Nathaniel K. Jue, Paola G. Batta-Lona, Paola G. Batta-Lona, Sarah Trusiak, Craig Obergfell, Ann Bucklin, Michael J. O’Neill, Rachel J. O’Neill
Rapid Evolutionary Rates And Unique Genomic Signatures Discovered In The First Reference Genome For The Southern Ocean Salp, Salpa Thompsoni (Urochordata, Thaliacea)., Nathaniel K. Jue, Nathaniel K. Jue, Paola G. Batta-Lona, Paola G. Batta-Lona, Sarah Trusiak, Craig Obergfell, Ann Bucklin, Michael J. O’Neill, Rachel J. O’Neill
Nathaniel Jue
A preliminary genome sequence has been assembled for the Southern Ocean salp, Salpa thompsoni (Urochordata, Thaliacea). Despite the ecological importance of this species in Antarctic pelagic food webs and its potential role as an indicator of changing Southern Ocean ecosystems in response to climate change, no genomic resources are available for S. thompsoni or any closely related urochordate species. Using a multiple-platform, multiple-individual approach, we have produced a 318,767,936-bp genome sequence, covering >50% of the estimated 602 Mb (±173 Mb) genome size for S. thompsoni Using a nonredundant set of predicted proteins, >50% (16,823) of sequences showed significant homology to …