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ArticleDNA research : an international journal for rapid publication of reports on genes and genomes2025

MedakaBase as a unified genomic resource platform for medaka fish biology.

Kenji Morikami, Yasuhiro Tanizawa, Masaru Yagura, Mika Sakamoto, Shoko Kawamoto, Yasukazu Nakamura, Katsushi Yamaguchi, Shuji Shigenobu, Kiyoshi Naruse, Satoshi Ansai and 1 more

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Article in DNA research : an international journal for rapid publication of reports on genes and genomes, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Kenji MorikamiMolecular Life History Laboratory, Department of Genomics and Evolutionary Biology, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Systems, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan.
Yasuhiro TanizawaGenome Informatics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Systems, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6294-3309
Masaru YaguraMolecular Life History Laboratory, Department of Genomics and Evolutionary Biology, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Systems, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan.
Mika SakamotoGenome Informatics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Systems, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4636-6959
Shoko KawamotoDepartment of Genetics, Sokendai (Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan.
Yasukazu NakamuraGenome Informatics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Systems, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6782-5715
Katsushi YamaguchiTrans-Omics Facility, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6871-7882
Shuji ShigenobuTrans-Omics Facility, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4640-2323
Kiyoshi NaruseLaboratory of Bioresources, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan.
Satoshi AnsaiUshimado Marine Institute, Okayama University, Setouchi, Okayama 701-4303, Japan.
Shigehiro KurakuMolecular Life History Laboratory, Department of Genomics and Evolutionary Biology, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Systems, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1464-8388

Funding

"Strategic Research Projects" grant from ROIS and the National BioResource Project (NBRP) of MEXT, Japan
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medaka, a group of small, mostly freshwater fishes in the teleost order Beloniformes, includes the rice fish Oryzias latipes, a useful model organism studied in diverse biological fields. Chromosome-scale genome sequences of the Hd-rR strain of this species were obtained in 2007, and its improved version has facilitated various genome-wide studies. However, despite its widespread utility, omics data for O. latipes are dispersed across various public databases and lack a unified platform. To address this, the medaka section of the National Bioresource Project (NBRP) of Japan established a genome informatics team in 2022 tasked with providing various in silico solutions for bench biologists. This initiative led to the launch of MedakaBase (https://medakabase.nbrp.jp), a web server that enables gene-oriented analysis including exhaustive sequence similarity searches. MedakaBase also provides on-demand browsing of diverse genome-wide datasets, including tissue-specific transcriptomes and intraspecific genomic variations, integrated with gene models from different sources. Additionally, the platform offers gene models optimized for single-cell transcriptome analysis, which often requires coverage of the 3' untranslated region (UTR) of transcripts. Currently, MedakaBase provides genome-wide data for seven Oryzias species, including original data for O. mekongensis and O. luzonensis produced by the NBRP team. This article outlines technical details behind the data provided by MedakaBase.

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Databases, GeneticGenomeGenomicsOryziasAnimalsTranscriptomeBeloniformescomparative genomicsgenome browsermedakaMedakaBase

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PMID41122912
PMCPMC12666381

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