SREL Reprint #3209
Sequencing three crocodilian genomes to illuminate the evolution of archosaurs and amniotes
John A. St John1, Edward L. Braun2, Sally R. Isberg3,5, Lee G. Miles5, Amanda Y. Chong5, Jaime Gongora5,
Pauline Dalzell4,5, Christopher Moran5, Bertrand Bed'Hom6, Arkhat Abzhanov7, Shane C. Burgess8,
Amanda M. Cooksey8, Todd A. Castoe9, Nicholas G. Crawford10, Llewellyn D. Densmore11,
Jennifer C. Drew12, Scott V. Edwards7, Brant C. Faircloth13, Matthew K. Fujita7, Matthew J. Greenwold14,
Federico G. Hoffmann8,15, Jonathan M. Howard16, Taisen Iguchi17, Daniel E. Janes18,19,
Shahid Yar Khan1, Satomi Kohno20, A. P. Jason de Koning9, Stacey L. Lance21, Fiona M. McCarthy22,
John E. McCormack23, Mark E. Merchant24, Daniel G. Peterson8,25, David D. Pollock9, Nader Pourmand1,
Brian J. Raney26, Kyria A. Roessler1, Jeremy R. Sanford16, Roger H. Sawyer14, Carl J. Schmidt27,
Eric W. Triplett28, Tracey D. Tuberville21, Miryam Venegas-Anaya11, Jason T. Howard29, Erich D. Jarvis29,
Louis J. Guillette Jr.20, Travis C. Glenn30, Richard E. Green1, and David A. Ray8,15
1Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
2Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
3Porosus Pty Ltd, PO Box 86, Palmerston, NT 0831, Australia
4South Eastern Area Laboratory Services, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia
5Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
6INRA, AgroParisTech, UMR1313 Animal Genetics and Integrative Biology, Jouy-en-Josas, F78352, France
7Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
8Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology, Mississippi State University,
Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
9Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado School of Medicine,
Aurora, CO 80045, USA
10Department of Biology, Boston University, 5 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA
11Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
12Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
13Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California,
621 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
14Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29205, USA
15Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology,
Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
16Department of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of California,
Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
17Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institute for Basic Biology,
National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan
18Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University,
16 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
19National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 2089, USA
20Hollings Marine Laboratory, Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Sciences, Department of
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29412, USA
21Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, PO Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802, USA
22College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
23Moore Laboratory of Zoology, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90041, USA
24Department of Chemistry, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA 70609, USA
25Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
26Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
27Department of Animal & Food Sciences University of Delaware, Newark DE, 19717, USA
28Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
29Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Department of Neurobiology,
Box 3209, Durham, NC 27710, USA
30Department of Environmental Health Science and Georgia Genomics Facility, Environmental Health
Science Building, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Abstract: The International Crocodilian Genomes Working Group (ICGWG) will sequence and assemble the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) and Indian gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) genomes. The status of these projects and our planned analyses are described.
Keywords: Genomics, evolution, Crocodylia, Archosauria, amniote
SREL Reprint #3209
St. John, J. A., E. L. Braun, S. R. Isberg, L. G. Miles, A. Y. Chong, J. Gongora, P. Dalzell, C. Moran, B. Bed'Hom, A. Abzhanov, S. C. Burgess, A. M. Cooksey, T. A. Castoe, N. G. Crawford, L. D. Densmore, J. C. Drew, S. V. Edwards, B. C. Faircloth, M. K. Fujita, M. J. Greenwold, F. G. Hoffmann, J. M. Howard, T. Iguchi, D. E. Janes, S. Y. Khan, S. Kohno, A. P. J. de Koning, S. L. Lance, F. M. McCarthy, J. E. McCormack, M. E. Merchant, D. G. Peterson, D. D. Pollock, N. Pourmand, B. J. Raney, K. A. Roessler, J. R. Sanford, R. H. Sawyer, C. J. Schmidt, E. W. Triplett, T. D. Tuberville, M. Venegas-Anaya, J. T. Howard, E. D. Jarvis, L. J. Guillette Jr., T. C. Glenn, R. E. Green and D. A. Ray. 2012. Sequencing three crocodilian genomes to illuminate the evolution of archosaurs and amniotes. Genome Biology 13(1): 415.
This information was provided by the University of Georgia's Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (srel.uga.edu).