About the Project
The HGSC is sequencing the genome of the kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ordii).
The kangaroo rat is one of 24 animals whose genome will be sequenced to 2x coverage as part of the comparative genomic effort. The tissue samples used for this 2X sequencing project were kindly provided by Jim Patton at the University of California, Berkeley.
The comparative genomic sequencing effort is aimed at identifying functional elements that are conserved.
The project is funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI).
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.
Resources
Low-Coverage Mammalian Genome White Paper
Photo by George Harrison, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service