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Platypus and echidna genomes reveal mammalian biology and evolution.
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Yang Zhou *BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1247-5049
Linda Shearwin-Whyatt *School of Biological Sciences, The Environment Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4504-6534
Jing Li *MOE Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis and Protection and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Cancer Molecular Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Zhenzhen SongBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Takashi HayakawaFaculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1037-0350
David StevensSchool of Biological Sciences, The Environment Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Jane C FenelonSchool of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8771-5196
Emma PeelSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2335-8983
Yuanyuan ChengSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1747-9308
Filip PajpachSchool of Biological Sciences, The Environment Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Natasha BradleySchool of Biological Sciences, The Environment Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Hikoyu Suzukidigzyme Inc, Tokyo, Japan.
Masato NikaidoSchool of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
Joana DamasThe Genome Center, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
Tasman DaishSchool of Biological Sciences, The Environment Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Tahlia PerrySchool of Biological Sciences, The Environment Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Zexian ZhuMOE Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis and Protection and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Cancer Molecular Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Yuncong GengDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Arang RhieGenome Informatics Section, Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Ying SimsTree of Life Programme, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK.
Jonathan WoodTree of Life Programme, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK.
Bettina HaaseThe Vertebrate Genome Lab, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Jacquelyn MountcastleThe Vertebrate Genome Lab, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Olivier FedrigoThe Vertebrate Genome Lab, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Qiye LiBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5993-0312
Huanming YangBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Jian WangBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Stephen D JohnstonSchool of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0290-5458
Adam M PhillippyGenome Informatics Section, Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2983-8934
Kerstin HoweTree of Life Programme, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK.
Erich D JarvisLaboratory of Neurogenetics of Language, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8931-5049
Oliver A RyderSan Diego Zoo Global, Escondido, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2427-763X
Henrik KaessmannCenter for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7563-839X
Peter DonnellyWellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9495-3408
Jonas KorlachPacific Biosciences, Menlo Park, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3047-4250
Harris A LewinThe Genome Center, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1043-7287
Jennifer GravesResearch School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Katherine BelovSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Marilyn B RenfreeSchool of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4589-0436
Frank GrutznerSchool of Biological Sciences, The Environment Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. frank.grutzner@adelaide.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3088-7314
Qi ZhouMOE Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis and Protection and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Cancer Molecular Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. zhouqi1982@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7419-2047
Guojie ZhangBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China. guojie.zhang@bio.ku.dk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6860-1521
The University of Adelaide · AUBGI Group (China) · CNRockefeller University · USThe University of Sydney · AUWellcome Sanger Institute · GBNational Institutes of Health · USThe University of Melbourne · AUUniversity of California, Davis · USZhejiang University · CNAustralian National University · AUCentre for Human Genetics · GBHeidelberg University · DEHokkaido University · JPHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USJohns Hopkins University · USPacific Biosciences (United States) · USThe University of Queensland · AUTokyo Institute of Technology · JPUniversity of Vienna · ATZoological Society of San Diego · US
Funding
Single-molecule sequence assembly and analysisZIAHG200398 · NHGRI · NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI PHILLIPPY, ADAM · 2016 to 2025
$15.9MEuropean Research Council 615253European Research Council 677696Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Abstract
Egg-laying mammals (monotremes) are the only extant mammalian outgroup to therians (marsupial and eutherian animals) and provide key insights into mammalian evolution
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