tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221460565399893457.post236374467325741736..comments2023-10-16T03:24:08.392-05:00Comments on Marmorkrebs: Might we finally get a crayfish genome?Zen Faulkeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07811309183398223358noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221460565399893457.post-35462308529873673392012-03-29T21:35:55.717-05:002012-03-29T21:35:55.717-05:00I hope this pans out. I had seen the i5K project ...I hope this pans out. I had seen the i5K project discussed the other day, but it was described as 5000 INSECT species in that reference. This makes a lot more sense, and hopefully a broad Arthropod distribution is what they actually are aiming for. I think a crayfish would be a great thing, because we have a Daphnia genome, and we have large EST libraries for crabs, lobsters, and shrimp (~30000 sequences in GenBank), but no large crayfish libraries (only 844 sequences for Astacoidea). Any expansion of the Decapod sequences in the database will be vastly useful. Greater representation from Astacoidea will be really a useful addition as well. Based on the wiki, it looks like having an EST library or other sequence information would help with getting interest in a full genome project. Certainly increasing the crayfish EST information available will help us get there. Hopefully, I'll be working on that!Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13026959125109387268noreply@blogger.com