Whole Genome Sequencing of the Pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) Supports Independent Emergence of Major Teleost Clades

• Published in: Genome biology and evolution Vol. 10; no. 9; pp. 2366 - 2379
• Main Authors: Vialle, Ricardo Assunção, de Souza, Jorge Estefano Santana, Lopes, Katia de Paiva, Teixeira, Diego Gomes, Alves Sobrinho, Pitágoras de Azevedo, Ribeiro-dos-Santos, André M, Furtado, Carolina, Sakamoto, Tetsu, Oliveira Silva, Fábio Augusto, Herculano Corrêa de Oliveira, Edivaldo, Hamoy, Igor Guerreiro, Assumpção, Paulo Pimentel, Ribeiro-dos-Santos, Ândrea, Santos Lima, João Paulo Matos, Seuánez, Héctor N, de Souza, Sandro José, Santos, Sidney
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.09.2018
• Subjects: Animals; Biological Evolution; Evolution, Molecular; Female; Fishes - genetics; Genome; Genome Report; Genome Size; Male; Molecular Sequence Annotation; Multigene Family; Phylogeny; Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; Whole Genome Sequencing

The Pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) is one of the world's largest freshwater fishes and member of the superorder Osteoglossomorpha (bonytongues), one of the oldest lineages of ray-finned fishes. This species is an obligate air-breather found in the basin of the Amazon River with an attractive potenti...