Duck-Billed Platypus Genome Sequencing

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) currently supports a project aimed at producing a draft assembly of the genomic sequence of the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus. The genome will be sequenced to 6- to 8-fold sequence depth. The platypus sequencing project is being led by researchers at the Washington University (St. Louis) Genome Sequencing Center.

Genome Sequencing Whitepaper Proposal

• Ornithorhynchus anatinus  
  (Submitted Oct. 2003)

Project Link

• Washington University (St. Louis) Genome Sequencing Center [genome.wustl.edu]

Additional Resources

Sequence and Assembly

• Individual Sequence Reads
  • NCBI Trace Archive [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

ESTs

• dbEST [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov] - Database of ESTs at NCBI