Revisiting avian ‘missing’ genes from de novo assembled transcripts

• Published in: BMC genomics Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 4 - 10
• Main Authors: Yin, Zhong-Tao, Zhu, Feng, Lin, Fang-Bin, Jia, Ting, Wang, Zhen, Sun, Dong-Ting, Li, Guang-Shen, Zhang, Cheng-Lin, Smith, Jacqueline, Yang, Ning, Hou, Zhuo-Cheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 05.01.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Animal genetics; Animals; Avian genome; Base Composition; Birds; Birds - genetics; de novo assembly; Evolution; Evolution, Molecular; Genes; Genetic aspects; Genome - genetics; Genomes; Genomics; Mammals - genetics; Missing gene; Phylogeny; Physiological aspects; Quality control; Transcription (Genetics); Transcriptome - genetics; Vertebrates - genetics; United Kingdom; China; Missing gene; Evolution; de novo assembly; Avian genome

Argument remains as to whether birds have lost genes compared with mammals and non-avian vertebrates during speciation. High quality-reference gene sets are necessary for precisely evaluating gene gain and loss. It is essential to explore new reference transcripts from large-scale de novo assembled...