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ArticleGenome research2007

Initial sequence and comparative analysis of the cat genome.

Joan U Pontius, James C Mullikin, Douglas R Smith, Agencourt Sequencing Team, Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, Sante Gnerre, Michele Clamp, Jean Chang, Robert Stephens, Beena Neelam and 16 more

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Article in Genome research, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 190 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

190 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 377 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

26 authors at 10 institutions in 3 countries.

Joan U PontiusLaboratory of Genomic Diversity, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA. Pontiusj@ncifcrf.gov
James C Mullikin
Douglas R Smith
Agencourt Sequencing Team
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh
Sante Gnerre
Michele Clamp
Jean Chang
Robert Stephens
Beena Neelam
Natalia Volfovsky
Alejandro A Schäffer
Richa Agarwala
Kristina Narfström
William J Murphy
Urs Giger
Alfred L Roca
Agostinho Antunes
Marilyn Menotti-Raymond
Naoya Yuhki
Jill Pecon-Slattery
Warren E Johnson
Guillaume Bourque
Glenn Tesler
NISC Comparative Sequencing Program
Stephen J O'Brien
Broad Institute · USNational Cancer Institute · USScience Applications International Corporation (United States) · USNational Institutes of Health · USUniversidade do Porto · PTUniversity of California San Diego · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · USNational Center for Biotechnology Information · USNational Human Genome Research Institute · USUniversity of Missouri · US

Funding

X-LINKED SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY IN THE DOGP40RR002512 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI HASKINS, MARK E · 1985 to 2011
$7.6M
Comparative Genomics Unit ResearchZ01HG200330 · NHGRI · NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI MULLIKIN, JAMES C · 2005 to 2008
$1.6M
Case Studies In GeneticsZ01LM000097 · NLM · NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE · PI SCHAFFER, ALEJANDRO A · 2002 to 2008
$452k
Intramural NIH HHSNCI NIH HHS N01 CO012400NCI NIH HHS N01-CO-12400NCRR NIH HHS P40 RR002512NCRR NIH HHS RR 02512
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The genome sequence (1.9-fold coverage) of an inbred Abyssinian domestic cat was assembled, mapped, and annotated with a comparative approach that involved cross-reference to annotated genome assemblies of six mammals (human, chimpanzee, mouse, rat, dog, and cow). The results resolved chromosomal positions for 663,480 contigs, 20,285 putative feline gene orthologs, and 133,499 conserved sequence blocks (CSBs). Additional annotated features include repetitive elements, endogenous retroviral sequences, nuclear mitochondrial (numt) sequences, micro-RNAs, and evolutionary breakpoints that suggest historic balancing of translocation and inversion incidences in distinct mammalian lineages. Large numbers of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), deletion insertion polymorphisms (DIPs), and short tandem repeats (STRs), suitable for linkage or association studies were characterized in the context of long stretches of chromosome homozygosity. In spite of the light coverage capturing approximately 65% of euchromatin sequence from the cat genome, these comparative insights shed new light on the tempo and mode of gene/genome evolution in mammals, promise several research applications for the cat, and also illustrate that a comparative approach using more deeply covered mammals provides an informative, preliminary annotation of a light (1.9-fold) coverage mammal genome sequence.

Indexed as

GenomeGenomicsAnimalsCatsDogsHumansMiceMicroRNAsMicrosatellite RepeatsModels, GeneticPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRatsRepetitive Sequences, Nucleic AcidMicroRNAs

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PMID17975172
PMCPMC2045150
OpenAlexW2098353360

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