Sequence and comparative analysis of the chicken genome provide unique perspectives on vertebrate evolution

International Chicken Genome SequencingConsortium, (December 2004) Sequence and comparative analysis of the chicken genome provide unique perspectives on vertebrate evolution. Nature, 432 (7018). pp. 695-716. ISSN 0028-0836

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15592404
DOI: 10.1038/nature03154

Abstract

We present here a draft genome sequence of the red jungle fowl, Gallus gallus. Because the chicken is a modern descendant of the dinosaurs and the first non-mammalian amniote to have its genome sequenced, the draft sequence of its genome--composed of approximately one billion base pairs of sequence and an estimated 20,000-23,000 genes--provides a new perspective on vertebrate genome evolution, while also improving the annotation of mammalian genomes. For example, the evolutionary distance between chicken and human provides high specificity in detecting functional elements, both non-coding and coding. Notably, many conserved non-coding sequences are far from genes and cannot be assigned to defined functional classes. In coding regions the evolutionary dynamics of protein domains and orthologous groups illustrate processes that distinguish the lineages leading to birds and mammals. The distinctive properties of avian microchromosomes, together with the inferred patterns of conserved synteny, provide additional insights into vertebrate chromosome architecture.

Item Type: Paper
Uncontrolled Keywords: Animals Avian Proteins/genetics Chickens/*genetics Conserved Sequence/genetics DNA Transposable Elements/genetics *Evolution, Molecular Gene Duplication Genes/genetics *Genome *Genomics Humans Long Interspersed Nucleotide Elements/genetics Multigene Family/genetics Mutagenesis/genetics Physical Chromosome Mapping Pseudogenes/genetics RNA, Untranslated/genetics Retroviridae/genetics Sequence Analysis, DNA Short Interspersed Nucleotide Elements/genetics Synteny Vertebrates/genetics
Subjects: bioinformatics
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > genomes
Investigative techniques and equipment > assays > whole genome sequencing
CSHL Authors:
Communities: CSHL labs > Siepel lab
Depositing User: Matt Covey
Date: 9 December 2004
Date Deposited: 15 Jan 2015 20:13
Last Modified: 15 Jan 2015 20:13
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/31052

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