The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype Export

@article{citeulike:2906178, abstract = {Lancelets ('amphioxus') are the modern survivors of an ancient chordate lineage, with a fossil record dating back to the Cambrian period. Here we describe the structure and gene content of the highly polymorphic 520-megabase genome of the Florida lancelet Branchiostoma floridae, and analyse it in the context of chordate evolution. Whole-genome comparisons illuminate the murky relationships among the three chordate groups (tunicates, lancelets and vertebrates), and allow not only reconstruction of the gene complement of the last common chordate ancestor but also partial reconstruction of its genomic organization, as well as a description of two genome-wide duplications and subsequent reorganizations in the vertebrate lineage. These genome-scale events shaped the vertebrate genome and provided additional genetic variation for exploitation during vertebrate evolution.}, author = {Putnam, Nicholas H. and Butts, Thomas and Ferrier, David E. K. and Furlong, Rebecca F. and Hellsten, Uffe and Kawashima, Takeshi and Robinson-Rechavi, Marc and Shoguchi, Eiichi and Terry, Astrid and Yu, Jr-Kai and Benito-Gutierrez, E[grave]lia and Dubchak, Inna and Garcia-Fernandez, Jordi and Gibson-Brown, Jeremy J. and Grigoriev, Igor V. and Horton, Amy C. and de Jong, Pieter J. and Jurka, Jerzy and Kapitonov, Vladimir V. and Kohara, Yuji and Kuroki, Yoko and Lindquist, Erika and Lucas, Susan and Osoegawa, Kazutoyo and Pennacchio, Len A. and Salamov, Asaf A. and Satou, Yutaka and Sauka-Spengler, Tatjana and Schmutz, Jeremy and Shin-I, Tadasu and Toyoda, Atsushi and Bronner-Fraser, Marianne and Fujiyama, Asao and Holland, Linda Z. and Holland, Peter W. H. and Satoh, Nori and Rokhsar, Daniel S.}, citeulike-article-id = {2906178}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature06967}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature06967}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18563158}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18563158}, day = {19}, doi = {10.1038/nature06967}, issn = {0028-0836}, journal = {Nature}, keywords = {amphioxus, chordate, evolution, genome}, month = {June}, number = {7198}, pages = {1064--1071}, posted-at = {2008-06-19 00:52:46}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Nature Publishing Group}, title = {The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature06967}, volume = {453}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2906178 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2906178 N2 - Lancelets ('amphioxus') are the modern survivors of an ancient chordate lineage, with a fossil record dating back to the Cambrian period. Here we describe the structure and gene content of the highly polymorphic 520-megabase genome of the Florida lancelet Branchiostoma floridae, and analyse it in the context of chordate evolution. Whole-genome comparisons illuminate the murky relationships among the three chordate groups (tunicates, lancelets and vertebrates), and allow not only reconstruction of the gene complement of the last common chordate ancestor but also partial reconstruction of its genomic organization, as well as a description of two genome-wide duplications and subsequent reorganizations in the vertebrate lineage. These genome-scale events shaped the vertebrate genome and provided additional genetic variation for exploitation during vertebrate evolution. IS - 7198 JF - Nature SN - 0028-0836 EP - 1071 TI - The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype PB - Nature Publishing Group VL - 453 SP - 1064 KW - amphioxus KW - chordate KW - evolution KW - genome AU - Putnam, Nicholas AU - Butts, Thomas AU - Ferrier, David AU - Furlong, Rebecca AU - Hellsten, Uffe AU - Kawashima, Takeshi AU - Robinson-Rechavi, Marc AU - Shoguchi, Eiichi AU - Terry, Astrid AU - Yu, Jr-Kai AU - Benito-Gutierrez, E[grave]lia AU - Dubchak, Inna AU - Garcia-Fernandez, Jordi AU - Gibson-Brown, Jeremy AU - Grigoriev, Igor AU - Horton, Amy AU - de Jong, Pieter AU - Jurka, Jerzy AU - Kapitonov, Vladimir AU - Kohara, Yuji AU - Kuroki, Yoko AU - Lindquist, Erika AU - Lucas, Susan AU - Osoegawa, Kazutoyo AU - Pennacchio, Len AU - Salamov, Asaf AU - Satou, Yutaka AU - Sauka-Spengler, Tatjana AU - Schmutz, Jeremy AU - Shin-I, Tadasu AU - Toyoda, Atsushi AU - Bronner-Fraser, Marianne AU - Fujiyama, Asao AU - Holland, Linda AU - Holland, Peter AU - Satoh, Nori AU - Rokhsar, Daniel PY - 2008/06/19/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature06967 ER -