Dolphin Genome Project
Dolphin Genome Project
 Bottlenose dolphin Image source: NASA |
Milestones 2011 Dolphin genome assembly v. 1.4 |
About the Project
The BCM-HGSC has sequenced the genome of the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
The low-coverage (2x) Sanger sequence of the dolphin was published as a part of the 29 mammals project (Nature). The genome has been upgraded to a high quality draft sequence and is being prepared for publication.
DNA for the project was kindly provided by Dr. Debbie Duffield, Portland State University. The DNA was obtained from a healthy female dolphin at the US Navy Marine Mammal Program.
The project is funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Access to the Data
All sequence reads are deposited in the NCBI trace archive as they are produced. Assemblies of contigs and scaffolds, as well as Blast access to the data will be made available here and at the relevant public databases as soon as they are produced.
NCBI Trace Archive for Sanger data
NCBI Sequence Read Archive for Illumina data
Manuscript citation
Lindblad-Toh, et. al. A high-resolution map of human evolutionary constraint using 29 mammals. Nature 478:476-82. doi:10:1038/nature10530. PMID: 21993624.
Resources
Low-Coverage Mammalian Genome Project
International Genome Consortium Database