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Novel Sequence Discovery by Subtractive Genomics
Published on: January 25, 2019
Whole genome resequencing data for rock pigeon (Columba livia)
Ali Esmailizadeh1,2, Hamed Kharrati-Koopaee3,4, Hojjat Assadoullahpour Nanaei5
1Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, PB 76169-133, Kerman, Iran.
Objective:
Navigation is the most important feature of homing pigeons, however no integrated response to genetic mechanism of navigation has been reported. The generated data herein represent whole-genome resequencing data for homing pigeon and three other breeds of rock pigeons. Selective sweep analysis between homing pigeon and other breeds of rock pigeon can provide new insight about identification of candidate genes and biological pathways for homing pigeon ability.
Data Description:
Whole-genomes sequence data related to 95 birds from four breeds of rock pigeons including, 29 feral pigeons, 24 Shiraz tumblers, 24 Persian high flyers and 18 homing pigeons were provided. More than 6.94 billion short reads with coverage (average ≈7.50 x) and 407.1 Gb data were produced. Whole genome sequencing was carried out on the Illumina Hiseq 2000 platform using a 350 bp library size and 150 bp paired-end read lengths. The whole genome sequencing data have been submitted at the NCBI SRA Database (PRJNA532675). The presented data set can provide useful genomic information to explain the genetic mechanism of navigation ability of homing pigeons and also testing other genetic hypothesis by genomic analysis.
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