Sequencing and assembly of the Nothobranchius furzeri transcriptome

Nothobranchius furzeri is a vertebrate with a very short life span in captivity. With our work we want to contribute to establishing N. furzeri as an alternative vertebrate model organism for age research. Here, we use next-generation sequencing technologies to generate a comprehensive, annotated N. furzeri transcript catalogue.

弗氏假鳃鳉（Nothobranchius furzeri）是一类在人工饲养条件下寿命极短的脊椎动物。本研究旨在推动将弗氏假鳃鳉确立为衰老研究领域的替代脊椎动物模型生物，为此我们采用下一代测序技术（next-generation sequencing），构建了一套全面注释的弗氏假鳃鳉转录本目录。