Acrobeles complexus

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Nematode & Neglected Genomics
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TardiBASE - Library Details

Update November 2003 and thus way out of date: will be updated soon (11/2006)

LibraryDescriptionTotal ESTsNo. of single ESTsESTs in clustersNo. of gene objectsRedun- dancy
Library specific gene objects
numberpercentage
1Hypsibius dujardini mixed stage (fraction 7)170978992010391.64594991
2Hypsibius dujardini mixed stage (fraction 8)3571502072451.45715563
AllAll ESTs/Clusters in LumbriBASE2066939112711941.730--

Redundancy = number of ESTs / number of gene objects
Website Highlight

Blaxter Lab Publications 2006
evolution of operons

Operon Evolution in Nematodes

Operons are a common mode of gene organisation in Caenorhabditis elegans. We have traced the origin of operonic gene organisation, and of trans-splicing in a wide range of nematodes.

Guiliano DB, Blaxter ML (2006) Operon conservation and the evolution of trans-splicing in the phylum Nematoda. PLoS Genet 2(11): e198. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.0020198 .

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