Publications by authors named "Konstantin Zapf"
The snake pipefish, (Linnaeus, 1758), is a northern Atlantic fish inhabiting open seagrass environments that recently expanded its distribution range. Here, we present a highly contiguous, near chromosome-scale genome of . The final assembly spans 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Baleen whales are a clade of gigantic and highly specialized marine mammals. Their genomes have been used to investigate their complex evolutionary history and to decipher the molecular mechanisms that allowed them to reach these dimensions. However, many unanswered questions remain, especially about the early radiation of rorquals and how cancer resistance interplays with their huge number of cells.
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- The common dragonet is one of three species found in the North Sea, exhibiting significant sexual dimorphism, especially in males, which have distinctive coloration and size, while females are less distinguishable.
- A high-quality chromosome-level genome assembly was achieved using advanced sequencing techniques, resulting in an assembly length of 568.7 Mbp with a high level of completeness and over 19,000 annotated transcripts.
- This genome assembly will serve as an important reference for future studies in population genetics and evolutionary biology of the species and its relatives.