Pimephales promelas draft genome
Villeneuve, Dan
Hello,
Our research group at the US EPA, in collaboration with Dupont have generated a draft genome assembly and annotations for the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas). The fathead minnow is one of the most widely used model organisms in aquatic ecotoxicity testing and is used regulatory testing around the world, particularly North America (see attached). As a result, there is a substantial community that would benefit from access to the assembled genome and associated annotation information. While we have already packaged this information in a stand-alone browser for our own use, we have interest in making these resource more widely available to the public. Consequently, we are inquiring as to whether you would be able and interested in hosting the fathead minnow genome on your site, and if so, how we would go about providing the appropriate assembly and annotation files to you.
Please note, the assembly (described in the attached manuscript) has been deposited in NCBI. Several rounds of gene prediction have been performed and we have also constructed a high density genetic map for the species which shows considerable synteny with zebrafish (Danio rerio) has been generated (associated paper in preparation).
Please let me know if hosting this genome on the UCSC browser would be of interest.
Thank you,
Dan V.
Dan Villeneuve, Ph.D.
Research Toxicologist
U.S. EPA Mid-Continent Ecology Division
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