Geophilimorph Centipede Genome Project
Geophilimorph Centipede Genome Project
 Strigamia maritima |
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About the project
The BCM-HGSC is sequencing the genome of the Geophilimorph centipede (Strigamia maritima). This is a collaboration with Dr. Michael Akam at the University of Cambridge. This work is part of the Ecdysozoa white paper, and is funded by the NHGRI.
The myrapods are likely a sister group to the insects and crustaceans. Centipedes are carnivores and venomous. S. maritima is a model for segmentation with variation in the number of segments with and between populations.
As a Geophilimorph centipede, female Strigamia guard their eggs.
We have produced 15X genome sequence coverage in 454 fragment technology and 30X linking coverage in 3 and 8kb pe libraries and have generated an assembly.
Access to the Data
Smar_1.0, the first version of the Strigamia maritima assembly is available for download here. The assembly is described in detail in the README file in the same directory.
The read data is available in the SRA here.
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