[BiO BB] Fish genomics

[Ryan Golhar]

You should read the papers that publish the genomes for these different
species.  

They mention the reason behind sequencing their genome.  I remember from
the fugu paper - Fugu is a distant cousin of humans and has a very
compact genome, about 1/8 in size.  As such, it lacks a lot of "junk
dna" aka introns and intergenic regions leaving it genome mostly
functional.  It should help in determining what is functional in human
versus what is non-functional. 

Also, look at the website that make the genomes available - NCBI, UCSC,
Ensemble, etc.  If you read their "About" pages, you should get more
information...


Ryan


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[mailto:bio_bulletin_board-bounces+golharam=umdnj.edu at bioinformatics.org
] On Behalf Of Nagesh Chakka
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 3:37 AM
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Subject: [BiO BB] Fish genomics


Hi All,
I just started work with fish genomes for my comparative study. I am a 
bit puzzled as to why three different fish species were selected for 
sequencing (Danio rerio </Danio_rerio/>, Fugu rubripes, 
</Fugu_rubripes/>and Tetraodon nigroviridis). Is there is any advantage

in each of these species selected for sequencing which is not there in 
the other? I am addressing this question to this forum as I have a 
feeling that someone out there may be working with fish genome and may 
be having extensive information about what I was looking for. Please 
also note that I could not find any straight forward answer to my 
question searching the web. </Tetraodon_nigroviridis/>
Thanks
Nagesh

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