Danioninae Sequencing Project: Genome Data and Assemblies. Danioninae Sequencing Project

The Danioninae are an emerging model clade in the field of evo-devo, favoured for analyses of anatomy (esp. bone morphology and growth), pigmentation, gene family expansion and phylogeography (PMID:25807087, PMID:25111899). Within the Danioninae Sequencing Project we are providing high quality genome assemblies for representatives of this clade to facilitate its use. We have produced high quality genome assemblies of five Danio rerio strains (Tuebingen, AB, SAT, Nadia and Cooch Behar) and eight additional species within the Danio and also the Danionella genus, the later representing anatomical extremes and a novel neuroscience model. Samples were provided by Ralf Britz (Natural History Museum, London), Elisabeth Busch-Nentwich (University of Cambridge), Uwe Irion (MPI for Developmental Biology, Tuebingen), Braedan McCluskey (UW at Seattle), John Postlethwait (University of Oregon) and Zoltan Varga (ZIRC). Sequencing was performed at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. The PacBio sequences for the SAT strain were generated by Gene Myers (MPI of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden). Assembly and curation were performed at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the University of Cambridge (Shane McCarthy, Kerstin Howe). Arang Rhie (NHGRI) generated the SAT strain trioCanu assembly.