A 10-fold BAC library for the giant panda was constructed and nine BACs were selected to generate finish sequences.These BACs could be used as a validation resource for the de novo assembly accuracy of the whole genom...A 10-fold BAC library for the giant panda was constructed and nine BACs were selected to generate finish sequences.These BACs could be used as a validation resource for the de novo assembly accuracy of the whole genome shotgun sequencing reads of the giant panda newly generated by Illumina GA sequencing technology.Complete Sanger sequencing,assembly,annotation and comparative analysis were carried out on the selected BACs of a joint length 878 kb.Homologue search and de novo prediction methods were used to annotate genes and repeats.Twelve protein coding genes were predicted,seven of which could be functionally annotated.The seven genes have an average gene size of about 41 kb,an average coding size of about 1.2 kb and an average exon number of 6 per gene.Besides,seven tRNA genes were found.About 27 percent of the BAC sequence is composed of repeats.A phylogenetic tree was constructed using a neighbor-join algorithm across five species,including the giant panda,human,dog,cat and mouse,which reconfirms dog as the most closely related species to the giant panda.Our results provide detailed sequence and structure information for new genes and repeats of the giant panda,which will be helpful for further studies about the giant panda.展开更多
文摘A 10-fold BAC library for the giant panda was constructed and nine BACs were selected to generate finish sequences.These BACs could be used as a validation resource for the de novo assembly accuracy of the whole genome shotgun sequencing reads of the giant panda newly generated by Illumina GA sequencing technology.Complete Sanger sequencing,assembly,annotation and comparative analysis were carried out on the selected BACs of a joint length 878 kb.Homologue search and de novo prediction methods were used to annotate genes and repeats.Twelve protein coding genes were predicted,seven of which could be functionally annotated.The seven genes have an average gene size of about 41 kb,an average coding size of about 1.2 kb and an average exon number of 6 per gene.Besides,seven tRNA genes were found.About 27 percent of the BAC sequence is composed of repeats.A phylogenetic tree was constructed using a neighbor-join algorithm across five species,including the giant panda,human,dog,cat and mouse,which reconfirms dog as the most closely related species to the giant panda.Our results provide detailed sequence and structure information for new genes and repeats of the giant panda,which will be helpful for further studies about the giant panda.
