The i5K Initiative: Advancing arthropod genomics for knowledge, human health, agriculture, and the environment
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Date Issued
2013Author
Evans, Jay D.Brown, Susan J.
Hackett, Kevin J.
Robinson, Gene
Richards, Stephen
Lawson, Daniel
Elsik, Christine
Coddington, Jonathan
Edwards, Owain
Emrich, Scott
Gabaldon, Toni
Goldsmith, Marian
Hanes, Glenn
Misof, Bernard
Muñoz-Torres, Monica
Niehuis, Oliver
Papanicolaou, Alexie
Pfrender, Michael
Poelchau, Monica
Purcell-Miramontes, Mary
Robertson, Hugh M.
Ryder, Oliver A.
Tagu, Denis
Torres, Tatiana
Zdobnov, Evgeny
Zhang, Guojie
Zhou, Xin
Subject Terms
ARTHROPODSGENOMICS
INSECTS
SPIDERS
ECOSYSTEMS
AGRICULTURE
DISEASES
EVOLUTION
RESEARCH
BIOINFORMATICS
COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
COMPETITION
EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
RESEARCHERS
ANIMAL-HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
BIODIVERSITY
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Journal of HeredityVolume
104Issue
5Start page
595End page
600
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https://academic.oup.com/jhered/article/104/5/595/906277Abstract
Insects and their arthropod relatives including mites, spiders, and crustaceans play major roles in the world’s terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems. Arthropods compete with humans for food and transmit devastating diseases. They also comprise the most diverse and successful branch of metazoan evolution, with millions of extant species. Here, we describe an international effort to guide arthropod genomic efforts, from species prioritization to methodology and informatics. The 5000 arthropod genomes initiative (i5K) community met formally in 2012 to discuss a roadmap for sequencing and analyzing 5000 high-priority arthropods and is continuing this effort via pilot projects, the development of standard operating procedures, and training of students and career scientists. With university, governmental, and industry support, the i5K Consortium aspires to deliver sequences and analytical tools for each of the arthropod branches and each of the species having beneficial and negative effects on humankind.Type
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This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the USae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1093/jhered/est050
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