Macrostomum lignano
BioProject PRJNA284736 | Data Source Schatz Laboratory | Taxonomy ID 282301
About Macrostomum lignano
Macrostomum lignano is a free-living, hermaphroditic flatworm found as part of the intertidal sand meiofauna of the Adriatic Sea. It has a high regeneration capacity facilitated by neoblasts, the stem cell system of the worm. It was first discovered in 1995 (described as a species in 2005) and since then has been the subject of research in several laboratories. Due to its small size, short generation time, amenability to genetic manipulation and easy maintenance in laboratory conditions, M. lignano has the potential to be a good invertebrate experimental model for stem cell research.
There is 1 alternative genome project for Macrostomum lignano available in WormBase ParaSite: PRJNA371498
Genome Assembly & Annotation
Assembly
The M. lignano genome was sequenced by the Schatz Lab at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, as described in Waslik et al (2015).
Annotation
The gene predictions were made by the Schatz Lab at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, as described in Waslik et al (2015).
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Key Publications
- Wasik K, Gurtowski J, Zhou X, Ramos OM, Delás MJ, Battistoni G, El Demerdash O, Falciatori I, Vizoso DB, Smith AD, Ladurner P, Schärer L, McCombie WR, Hannon GJ, Schatz M. Genome and transcriptome of the regeneration-competent flatworm, Macrostomum lignano. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2015;112(40):12462-12467
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Assembly Statistics
| Assembly | ML2, GCA_001188465.1, Feb 2016 |
| Strain | dv1 |
| Database Version | WBPS19 |
| Genome Size | 1,040,124,789 |
| Data Source | Schatz Laboratory |
| Annotation Version | 2016-02-WormBase |
Gene counts
| Coding genes | 60,534 |
| Gene transcripts | 60,534 |
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