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SUBMITTER: Alfoldi J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3184186 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alföldi Jessica J Di Palma Federica F Grabherr Manfred M Williams Christina C Kong Lesheng L Mauceli Evan E Russell Pamela P Lowe Craig B CB Glor Richard E RE Jaffe Jacob D JD Ray David A DA Boissinot Stephane S Shedlock Andrew M AM Botka Christopher C Castoe Todd A TA Colbourne John K JK Fujita Matthew K MK Moreno Ricardo Godinez RG ten Hallers Boudewijn F BF Haussler David D Heger Andreas A Heiman David D Janes Daniel E DE Johnson Jeremy J de Jong Pieter J PJ Koriabine Maxim Y MY Lara Marcia M Novick Peter A PA Organ Chris L CL Peach Sally E SE Poe Steven S Pollock David D DD de Queiroz Kevin K Sanger Thomas T Searle Steve S Smith Jeremy D JD Smith Zachary Z Swofford Ross R Turner-Maier Jason J Wade Juli J Young Sarah S Zadissa Amonida A Edwards Scott V SV Glenn Travis C TC Schneider Christopher J CJ Losos Jonathan B JB Lander Eric S ES Breen Matthew M Ponting Chris P CP Lindblad-Toh Kerstin K
Nature 20110831 7366
The evolution of the amniotic egg was one of the great evolutionary innovations in the history of life, freeing vertebrates from an obligatory connection to water and thus permitting the conquest of terrestrial environments. Among amniotes, genome sequences are available for mammals and birds, but not for non-avian reptiles. Here we report the genome sequence of the North American green anole lizard, Anolis carolinensis. We find that A. carolinensis microchromosomes are highly syntenic with chic ...[more]