Giulio Formenti

Nov 19, 2024 | nature.com | Melissa Rincon-Sandoval |Linelle Abueg |Giulio Formenti |Erich D. Jarvis |Dahiana Arcila |Aaron Davis

AbstractHabitat transitions have shaped the evolutionary trajectory of many clades. Sea catfishes (Ariidae) have repeatedly undergone ecological transitions, including colonizing freshwaters from marine environments, leading to an adaptive radiation in Australia and New Guinea alongside non-radiating freshwater lineages elsewhere. Here, we generate and analyze one long-read reference genome and 66 short-read whole genome assemblies, in conjunction with genomic data for 54 additional species.

Dec 7, 2023 | nature.com | Young Lee |Giulio Formenti |Jonathan Wood |Francoise Thibaud-Nissen |Chul Sang Lee |Erich D. Jarvis

AbstractChub mackerels (Scomber japonicus) are a migratory marine fish widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. They are globally consumed for their high Omega-3 content, but their population is declining due to global warming. Here, we generated the first chromosome-level genome assembly of chub mackerel (fScoJap1) using the Vertebrate Genomes Project assembly pipeline with PacBio HiFi genomic sequencing and Arima Hi-C chromosome contact data.

Feb 27, 2023 | theprint.in | Giulio Formenti

New York, Feb 27 (360info) As we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the discovery of the DNA structure, it is astounding to look back at the progress made in our ability to read the ‘book of life’, the DNA sequence that provides the instructions to make all living beings. The most recent and promising advancement is certainly represented by long-read DNA sequencing technologies.