Fish-T1K (Transcriptomes of 1,000 Fishes) Project: Large-Scale Transcriptome Data for Fish Evolution Studies

Authors

• Ying Sun, Sun Yat-sen University; Shenzhen Key Lab of Marine Genomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Molecular Breeding in Marine Economic Animals, BGI
• Yu Huang, Shenzhen Key Lab of Marine Genomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Molecular Breeding in Marine Economic Animals, BGI
• Xiaofeng Li, Shenzhen Key Lab of Marine Genomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Molecular Breeding in Marine Economic Animals, BGI
• Carole C. Baldwin, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
• Zhuocheng Zhou, China Fisheries Association
• Zhixiang Yan, China National Genebank
• Keith A. Crandall, The George Washington University
• Yong Zhang, Shenzhen Key Lab of Marine Genomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Molecular Breeding in Marine Economic Animals, BGI
• Xiaomeng Zhao, Shenzhen Key Lab of Marine Genomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Molecular Breeding in Marine Economic Animals, BGI
• Min Wang, Shenzhen Key Lab of Marine Genomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Molecular Breeding in Marine Economic Animals, BGI; BGI-Zhenjiang Institute of Hydrobiolgy
• Alex Wong, BGI-Hong Kong
• Chao Fang, Shenzhen Key Lab of Marine Genomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Molecular Breeding in Marine Economic Animals, BGI
• Xinhui Zhang, Shenzhen Key Lab of Marine Genomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Molecular Breeding in Marine Economic Animals, BGI
• Hai Huang, Sanya Science and Technology Academy for Crop Winter Multiplication
• Jose V. Lopez, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
• Kirk Kilfoyle, Nova Southeastern University
• Yong Zhang, Sun Yat-Sen University
• Guillermo Orti, George Washington University
• Byrappa Venkatesh, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology - Singapore
• Qiong Shi, Shenzhen Key Lab of Marine Genomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Molecular Breeding in Marine Economic Animals, BGI; BGI-Zhenjiang Institute of Hydrobiology; Shenzhen University

ORCID

orcid.org/0000-0002-1637-4125

ResearcherID

F-8809-2011

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

GigaScience

ISSN

2047-217X

Publication Date

5-3-2016

Keywords

Fish-T1K, Fish, Transcriptome, RNA, Database, Biodiversity

Abstract

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) represent more than 50 % of extant vertebrates and are of great evolutionary, ecologic and economic significance, but they are relatively underrepresented in ‘omics studies. Increased availability of transcriptome data for these species will allow researchers to better understand changes in gene expression, and to carry out functional analyses. An international project known as the “Transcriptomes of 1,000 Fishes” (Fish-T1K) project has been established to generate RNA-seq transcriptome sequences for 1,000 diverse species of ray-finned fishes. The first phase of this project has produced transcriptomes from more than 180 ray-finned fishes, representing 142 species and covering 51 orders and 109 families. Here we provide an overview of the goals of this project and the work done so far.

Volume

5

Issue

18

NSUWorks Citation

Sun, Ying; Yu Huang; Xiaofeng Li; Carole C. Baldwin; Zhuocheng Zhou; Zhixiang Yan; Keith A. Crandall; Yong Zhang; Xiaomeng Zhao; Min Wang; Alex Wong; Chao Fang; Xinhui Zhang; Hai Huang; Jose V. Lopez; Kirk Kilfoyle; Yong Zhang; Guillermo Orti; Byrappa Venkatesh; and Qiong Shi. 2016. "Fish-T1K (Transcriptomes of 1,000 Fishes) Project: Large-Scale Transcriptome Data for Fish Evolution Studies." GigaScience 5, (18). https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cnso_bio_facarticles/389