Publication Date:
2014-12-21
Description:
Article The lancelet, or amphioxus, is an extant basal chordate that diverged from other chordate lineages about 550 million years ago. Here the authors sequence and assemble the diploid genome of a male adult of the Chinese lancelet, B. belcheri , and highlight genomic features that may have played an important role in the origin and evolution of vertebrates. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms6896 Authors: Shengfeng Huang, Zelin Chen, Xinyu Yan, Ting Yu, Guangrui Huang, Qingyu Yan, Pierre Antoine Pontarotti, Hongchen Zhao, Jie Li, Ping Yang, Ruihua Wang, Rui Li, Xin Tao, Ting Deng, Yiquan Wang, Guang Li, Qiujin Zhang, Sisi Zhou, Leiming You, Shaochun Yuan, Yonggui Fu, Fenfang Wu, Meiling Dong, Shangwu Chen, Anlong Xu
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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