Abstract
We present the Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project, a global collaboration to generate high quality genome sequences for a wide range of eukaryotes and their microbial symbionts. Launched under the Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the ASG Project brings together researchers from across the globe who hope to use these reference genomes to augment and extend their analyses of the dynamics, mechanisms and environmental importance of symbiosis. Applying large-scale, high-throughput sequencing and assembly technologies, the ASG collaboration will assemble and annotate the genomes of 500 symbiotic organisms – both the “hosts” and the microbial symbionts with which they associate. These data will be released openly to benefit all who work on symbiosis, from conservation geneticists to those interested in the origin of the eukaryotic cell.
Highlights
The aquatic symbiosis genomics project will transform symbiosis research The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has created a major funding initiative focused on investigating the biology of symbiosis in marine and freshwater ecosystems
First we identify taxonomically informative marker loci, such as small subunit ribosomal RNAs, cytochrome oxidase I genes, and ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase genes, in the high fidelity (HiFi) reads and primary assembly
We have developed an Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics project (ASG)-specific data portal that collates all of the data generated by the project and promotes analysis
Summary
Keywords Symbiosis, Marine, Freshwater, Genome Sequencing, Collaboration, Open Science The aquatic symbiosis genomics project will transform symbiosis research The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has created a major funding initiative focused on investigating the biology of symbiosis in marine and freshwater ecosystems (see Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative).
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