Echiura Urechis unicinctus

Yunying Cheng1, Ruanni Chen2, Jinlin Chen2

  • 1Fujian Key Laboratory on Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Marine Biodiversity, Fuzhou Institute of Oceanography, College of Geography and Oceanography, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, 350108, China. 2680@mju.edu.cn.

Scientific data
|January 18, 2024
PubMed
概括

这项研究为Urechis unicinctus,一种具有营养价值的海洋虫提供了高质量的染色体级基因组组. 这种基因组资源有助于理解它的进化,并促进分子繁殖的努力.

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Lampbrush Chromosomes

In 1882, Flemming observed lampbrush chromosomes (LBC) in salamander eggs. Later in 1892, Rückert observed LBCs in shark egg cells and coined the term "lampbrush chromosomes" because they looked like brushes used to clean kerosene lamps.
LBCs are made up of two pairs of conjugating homologous chromatids. Each chromatid consists of alternatively positioned regions of condensed-inactive chromatin and loosely placed-active side loops, which can be contracted and extended. The loops...
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