The genome sequence of the wisent (Bison bonasus)
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04/2017Author
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Abstract
The wisent, also known as the European bison, was rescued from extinction approximately 80 years ago through the conservation of 12 individuals. Here, we present the draft genome sequence of a male wisent individual descended from this founding stock. A total of 366 billion base pairs (Gb) of raw reads from whole-genome sequencing of this wisent were generated using the Illumina HiSeq2000 platform. The final genome assembly (2.58 Gb) is composed of 29,074 scaffolds with an N50 of 4.7 Mb. 47.3% of the genome is composed of repetitive elements. We identified 21,542 genes and 58,385 non-coding RNAs. A phylogenetic tree based on nuclear genomes indicated sister relationships between bison and wisent and between the wisent-bison clade and yak. For 75 genes we obtained evidence of positive evolution in the wisent lineage. We provide the first genome sequence and gene annotation for the wisent. The availability of these resources will be of value for the future conservation of this endangered large mammal and for reconstructing the evolutionary history of the Bovini tribe.
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Wang , K , Wang , L , Lenstra , J A , Jian , J , Yang , Y , Hu , Q , Lai , D , Qiu , Q , Ma , T , Du , Z , Abbott , R & Liu , J 2017 , ' The genome sequence of the wisent ( Bison bonasus ) ' , GigaScience , vol. 6 , no. 4 , pp. 1-5 . https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/gix016
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GigaScience
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Peer reviewed
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2047-217XType
Journal article
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© The Author(s) 2017. Published by Oxford University Press. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative CommonsAttribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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This work was supported by the Youth Science and Technology Innovation Team of Sichuan Province (2014TD003), Shenzhen Industrial Designation Services Cloud Platform (GGJS20150429172906635), International Collaboration 111 Projects of China, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, 985 and 211 Projects of Sichuan University.Collections
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