A revamped rat reference genome improves the discovery of genetic diversity in laboratory rats

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The seventh iteration of the reference genome assembly for Rattus norvegicus-mRatBN7.2-corrects numerous misplaced segments and reduces base-level errors by approximately 9-fold and increases contiguity by 290-fold compared with its predecessor. Gene annotations are now more complete, improving the mapping precision of genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomics datasets. We jointly analyzed 163 short-read whole-genome sequencing datasets representing 120 laboratory rat strains and substrains using mRatBN7.2. We defined ∼20.0 million sequence variations, of which 18,700 are predicted to potentially impact the function of 6,677 genes. We also generated a new rat genetic map from 1,893 heterogeneous stock rats and annotated transcription start sites and alternative polyadenylation sites. The mRatBN7.2 assembly, along with the extensive analysis of genomic variations among rat strains, enhances our understanding of the rat genome, providing researchers with an expanded resource for studies involving rats.

Errataetall:

UpdateOf: bioRxiv. 2023 Sep 28;:. - PMID 37214860

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:4

Enthalten in:

Cell genomics - 4(2024), 4 vom: 10. Apr., Seite 100527

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

de Jong, Tristan V [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Yanchao [VerfasserIn]
Rastas, Pasi [VerfasserIn]
Munro, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Tutaj, Monika [VerfasserIn]
Akil, Huda [VerfasserIn]
Benner, Chris [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Denghui [VerfasserIn]
Chitre, Apurva S [VerfasserIn]
Chow, William [VerfasserIn]
Colonna, Vincenza [VerfasserIn]
Dalgard, Clifton L [VerfasserIn]
Demos, Wendy M [VerfasserIn]
Doris, Peter A [VerfasserIn]
Garrison, Erik [VerfasserIn]
Geurts, Aron M [VerfasserIn]
Gunturkun, Hakan M [VerfasserIn]
Guryev, Victor [VerfasserIn]
Hourlier, Thibaut [VerfasserIn]
Howe, Kerstin [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Kalbfleisch, Ted [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Panjun [VerfasserIn]
Li, Ling [VerfasserIn]
Mahaffey, Spencer [VerfasserIn]
Martin, Fergal J [VerfasserIn]
Mohammadi, Pejman [VerfasserIn]
Ozel, Ayse Bilge [VerfasserIn]
Polesskaya, Oksana [VerfasserIn]
Pravenec, Michal [VerfasserIn]
Prins, Pjotr [VerfasserIn]
Sebat, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Jennifer R [VerfasserIn]
Solberg Woods, Leah C [VerfasserIn]
Tabakoff, Boris [VerfasserIn]
Tracey, Alan [VerfasserIn]
Uliano-Silva, Marcela [VerfasserIn]
Villani, Flavia [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Hongyang [VerfasserIn]
Sharp, Burt M [VerfasserIn]
Telese, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Zhihua [VerfasserIn]
Saba, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xusheng [VerfasserIn]
Murphy, Terence D [VerfasserIn]
Palmer, Abraham A [VerfasserIn]
Kwitek, Anne E [VerfasserIn]
Dwinell, Melinda R [VerfasserIn]
Williams, Robert W [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jun Z [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Hao [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Genetic map
Heterogeneous stock
Hybrid rat diversity panel
Inbred strains
Journal Article
MRatBN7.2
Phylogenetic tree
Rat
Recombinant inbred
Reference genome
Rnor_6.0

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Date Completed 15.04.2024

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

UpdateOf: bioRxiv. 2023 Sep 28;:. - PMID 37214860

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.xgen.2024.100527

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370271807