Biology Faculty Articles

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-6-2021

Publication Title

Wellcome Open Research

Keywords

Symbiosis, Marine, Freshwater, Genome Sequencing, Collaboration, Open Science

ISSN

2398-502X

Volume

6

Issue/No.

254

First Page

1

Last Page

6

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.

Comments

[version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]

Additional Comments

We thank Jonathan Threlfall for assistance with manuscript editing. This research was funded in part by Wellcome [grant 206194]. For the purpose of Open Access, the author has applied a CC BY public copyright licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission.

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

ORCID ID

0000-0002-1637-4125

ResearcherID

F-8809-2011

DOI

10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17222.1

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