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The Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project: probing the evolution of symbiosis across the tree of life
Wellcome Open Research
  • Victoria McKenna, Wellcome Sanger Institute
  • John M Archibald, Dalhousie University
  • Roxanne Beinart, University of Rhode Island
  • Michael N Dawson, University of California, Merced
  • Ute Hentschel, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
  • Patrick J Keeling, University of British Columbia
  • Jose V. Lopez, Nova Southeastern University
  • José M Martín-Durán, Queen Mary University of London
  • Jillian M Petersen, University of Vienna
  • Julia D Sigwart, Senckenberg Research Institute
  • Oleg Simakov, University of Vienna
  • Kelly R Sutherland, University of Oregon
  • Michael Sweet, University of Derby
  • Nick Talbot, The Sainsbury Laboratory
  • Anne W Thompson, Portland State University
  • Sara Bender, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
  • Peter W Harrison, European Bioinformatics Institute
  • Jeena Rajan, European Bioinformatics Institute
  • Guy Cochrane, European Bioinformatics Institute
  • Matthew Berriman, Wellcome Sanger Institute
  • Mara Lawniczak, Wellcome Sanger Institute
  • Mark Blaxter, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-6-2021
Keywords
  • Symbiosis,
  • Marine,
  • Freshwater,
  • Genome Sequencing,
  • Collaboration,
  • Open Science
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.

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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
ORCID ID
0000-0002-1637-4125
ResearcherID
F-8809-2011
DOI
10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17222.1
Citation Information
Victoria McKenna, John M Archibald, Roxanne Beinart, Michael N Dawson, et al.. "The Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project: probing the evolution of symbiosis across the tree of life" Wellcome Open Research Vol. 6 Iss. 254 (2021) p. 1 - 6 ISSN: 2398-502X
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jose-lopez/266/