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SUBMITTER: Zhang X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6341167 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20190121 1
Crustacea, the subphylum of Arthropoda which dominates the aquatic environment, is of major importance in ecology and fisheries. Here we report the genome sequence of the Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei, covering ~1.66 Gb (scaffold N50 605.56 Kb) with 25,596 protein-coding genes and a high proportion of simple sequence repeats (>23.93%). The expansion of genes related to vision and locomotion is probably central to its benthic adaptation. Frequent molting of the shrimp may be explained ...[more]