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ArticleBMC genomics2016

Towards the bridging of molecular genetics data across Xenopus species.

Gonzalo Riadi, Francisco Ossandón, Juan Larraín, Francisco Melo

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Article in BMC genomics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Gonzalo RiadiDepartamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. griadi@utalca.cl.
Francisco OssandónFundación Ciencia y Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile. fco.j.ossandon@gmail.com.
Juan LarraínCenter for Aging and Regeneration and Millennium Nucleus in Regenerative Biology, Santiago, Chile. jlarrain@bio.puc.cl.
Francisco MeloDepartamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. fmelo@bio.puc.cl.

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Abstract

backgroundThe clawed African frog Xenopus laevis has been one of the main vertebrate models for studies in developmental biology. However, for genetic studies, Xenopus tropicalis has been the experimental model of choice because it shorter life cycle and due to a more tractable genome that does not result from genome duplication as in the case of X. laevis. Today, although still organized in a large number of scaffolds, nearly 85% of X. tropicalis and 89% of X. laevis genomes have been sequenced. There is expectation for a comparative physical map that can be used as a Rosetta Stone between X. laevis genetic studies and X. tropicalis genomic research.

resultsIn this work, we have mapped using coarse-grained alignment the 18 chromosomes of X. laevis, release 9.1, on the 10 reference scaffolds representing the haploid genome of X. tropicalis, release 9.0. After validating the mapping with theoretical data, and estimating reference averages of genome sequence identity, 37 to 44% between the two species, we have carried out a synteny analysis for 2,112 orthologous genes. We found that 99.6% of genes are in the same organization.

conclusionsTaken together, our results make possible to establish the correspondence between 62 and 65.5% of both genomes, percentage of identity, synteny and automatic annotation of transcripts of both species, providing a new and more comprehensive tool for comparative analysis of these two species, by allowing to bridge molecular genetics data among them.

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Physical Chromosome MappingSyntenyAnimalsComparative Genomic HybridizationGene RearrangementGenomeSequence AlignmentXenopusXenopus laevis

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