SkateBase, an elasmobranch genome project and collection of molecular resources for chondrichthyan fishes
Identifieur interne : 000527 ( Pmc/Corpus ); précédent : 000526; suivant : 000528SkateBase, an elasmobranch genome project and collection of molecular resources for chondrichthyan fishes
Auteurs : Jennifer Wyffels ; Benjamin L. King ; James Vincent ; Chuming Chen ; Cathy H. Wu ; Shawn W. PolsonSource :
- F1000Research [ 2046-1402 ] ; 2014.
Abstract
Chondrichthyan fishes are a diverse class of gnathostomes that provide a valuable perspective on fundamental characteristics shared by all jawed and limbed vertebrates. Studies of phylogeny, species diversity, population structure, conservation, and physiology are accelerated by genomic, transcriptomic and protein sequence data. These data are widely available for many sarcopterygii (coelacanth, lungfish and tetrapods) and actinoptergii (ray-finned fish including teleosts) taxa, but limited for chondrichthyan fishes. In this study, we summarize available data for chondrichthyes and describe resources for one of the largest projects to characterize one of these fish,
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DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.4996.1
PubMed: 25309735
PubMed Central: 4184313
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Wu</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="a1">Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19711, USA</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Polson, Shawn W" sort="Polson, Shawn W" uniqKey="Polson S" first="Shawn W." last="Polson">Shawn W. Polson</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="a1">Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19711, USA</nlm:aff></affiliation></author></analytic><series><title level="j">F1000Research</title><idno type="eISSN">2046-1402</idno><imprint><date when="2014">2014</date></imprint></series></biblStruct></sourceDesc></fileDesc><profileDesc><textClass></textClass></profileDesc></teiHeader><front><div type="abstract" xml:lang="en"><p>Chondrichthyan fishes are a diverse class of gnathostomes that provide a valuable perspective on fundamental characteristics shared by all jawed and limbed vertebrates. Studies of phylogeny, species diversity, population structure, conservation, and physiology are accelerated by genomic, transcriptomic and protein sequence data. These data are widely available for many sarcopterygii (coelacanth, lungfish and tetrapods) and actinoptergii (ray-finned fish including teleosts) taxa, but limited for chondrichthyan fishes. In this study, we summarize available data for chondrichthyes and describe resources for one of the largest projects to characterize one of these fish,
<italic>Leucoraja erinacea</italic>, the little skate. SkateBase (
<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://skatebase.org">http://skatebase.org</ext-link>) serves as the skate genome project portal linking data, research tools, and teaching resources.</p></div></front><back><div1 type="bibliography"><listBibl><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Inoue, Jg" uniqKey="Inoue J">JG Inoue</name></author><author><name sortKey="Miya, M" uniqKey="Miya M">M Miya</name></author><author><name sortKey="Lam, K" uniqKey="Lam K">K Lam</name></author></analytic></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Ebert, Da" uniqKey="Ebert D">DA Ebert</name></author><author><name sortKey="Ho, H" uniqKey="Ho H">H Ho</name></author><author><name sortKey="White, Wt" uniqKey="White W">WT White</name></author></analytic></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Stevens, J" uniqKey="Stevens J">J Stevens</name></author><author><name sortKey="Bonfil, R" uniqKey="Bonfil R">R Bonfil</name></author><author><name sortKey="Dulvy, Nk" 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<front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">F1000Res</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">F1000Res</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="pmc">F1000Research</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>F1000Research</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2046-1402</issn><publisher><publisher-name>F1000Research</publisher-name><publisher-loc>London, UK</publisher-loc></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="pmid">25309735</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="pmc">4184313</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.12688/f1000research.4996.1</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group><subject>Articles</subject><subj-group><subject>Animal Genetics</subject></subj-group><subj-group><subject>Bioinformatics</subject></subj-group><subj-group><subject>Evolutionary/Comparative Genetics</subject></subj-group><subj-group><subject>Marine & Freshwater Ecology</subject></subj-group></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>SkateBase, an elasmobranch genome project and collection of molecular resources for chondrichthyan fishes</article-title><fn-group content-type="pub-status"><fn><p>v1; ref status: indexed</p></fn></fn-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Wyffels</surname><given-names>Jennifer</given-names></name><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="c1">a</xref><xref ref-type="aff" rid="a1">1</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>L. King</surname><given-names>Benjamin</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="a2">2</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Vincent</surname><given-names>James</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="a3">3</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Chen</surname><given-names>Chuming</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="a1">1</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Wu</surname><given-names>Cathy H.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="a1">1</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Polson</surname><given-names>Shawn W.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="a1">1</xref></contrib><aff id="a1"><label>1</label>Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19711, USA</aff><aff id="a2"><label>2</label>Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salisbury Cove, ME, 04672, USA</aff><aff id="a3"><label>3</label>Vermont Genetics Network, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA</aff></contrib-group><author-notes><corresp id="c1"><label>a</label><email xlink:href="mailto:wyffels@udel.edu">wyffels@udel.edu</email></corresp><fn fn-type="con"><p>The little skate genome project is a collaborative effort with participation from all authors. JTW and BLK prepared the first draft of the manuscript. SWP oversaw the design and implementation of the SkateBase web portal and SkateBLAST tool. All authors were involved with the revision of the draft manuscript and have agreed to the final content.</p></fn><fn fn-type="conflict"><p><bold>Competing interests: </bold>The authors declare to have no competing interests.</p></fn></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>12</day><month>8</month><year>2014</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2014</year></pub-date><volume>3</volume><elocation-id>191</elocation-id><history><date date-type="accepted"><day>12</day><month>8</month><year>2014</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright: © 2014 Wyffels J et al.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2014</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</license-p></license><license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"><license-p>Data associated with the article are available under the terms of the Creative Commons Zero "No rights reserved" data waiver (CC0 1.0 Public domain dedication).</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri content-type="pdf" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="f1000research-3-5333.pdf"></self-uri><abstract><p>Chondrichthyan fishes are a diverse class of gnathostomes that provide a valuable perspective on fundamental characteristics shared by all jawed and limbed vertebrates. Studies of phylogeny, species diversity, population structure, conservation, and physiology are accelerated by genomic, transcriptomic and protein sequence data. These data are widely available for many sarcopterygii (coelacanth, lungfish and tetrapods) and actinoptergii (ray-finned fish including teleosts) taxa, but limited for chondrichthyan fishes. In this study, we summarize available data for chondrichthyes and describe resources for one of the largest projects to characterize one of these fish,
<italic>Leucoraja erinacea</italic>, the little skate. SkateBase (
<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://skatebase.org">http://skatebase.org</ext-link>) serves as the skate genome project portal linking data, research tools, and teaching resources.</p></abstract><funding-group><award-group id="fund-1"><funding-source>National Institute of General Medical Sciences</funding-source></award-group><award-group id="fund-2"><funding-source>IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence</funding-source><award-id>3P20GM103446-12S1</award-id></award-group><award-group id="fund-3"><funding-source>National Institutes of Health</funding-source><award-id>5P20RR016463-12</award-id><award-id>5P20RR016472-12</award-id><award-id>5 P20 RR16462</award-id><award-id>5P20RR016457-11</award-id><award-id>5P20RR030360-03</award-id><award-id>8 P20 GM103423-12</award-id><award-id>8P20GM103446-12</award-id><award-id>8P20GM103449</award-id><award-id>8 P20 GM103430-11</award-id><award-id>8P20GM103506-03</award-id></award-group><award-group id="fund-4"><funding-source>National Center for Research Resources</funding-source></award-group><award-group id="fund-5"><funding-source>ARRA Supplements</funding-source></award-group><award-group id="fund-6"><funding-source>North East Cyberinfrastructure Consortium</funding-source></award-group><award-group id="fund-7"><funding-source>NSF Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research</funding-source><award-id>EPS-0904155</award-id><award-id>EPS-1101317</award-id><award-id>EPS-1004057</award-id><award-id>EPS-1101245</award-id></award-group><funding-statement>This work was supported by a re-entry career award to JTW, National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) 3P20GM103446-12S1. Skate genome sequencing was funded by National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) ARRA Supplements to 5P20RR016463-12 (MDIBL), 5P20RR016472-12 (UD), and 5P20RR16462 (UVM). The North East Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (NECC) is funded by NIH NCRR grants 5P20RR016463-12 (MDIBL), 5P20RR016472-12 (UD), 5 P20 RR16462 (UVM), 5P20RR016457-11 (URI), and 5P20RR030360-03 (UNH) and NIH NIGMS grants 8 P20 GM103423-12 (MDIBL), 8P20GM103446-12 (UD), 8P20GM103449 (UVM), 8 P20 GM103430-11 (URI), and 8P20GM103506-03 (Dartmouth), and NSF Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) grants EPS-0904155 (UM), EPS-081425 (UD), EPS-1101317 (UVM), EPS-1004057 (URI), and EPS-1101245 (UNH).</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><body><sec sec-type="intro"><title>Introduction</title><p>Chondrichthyan fishes are composed of two subclasses, Holocephali and Elasmobranchii. Holocephalans are the more basal of the pair having first appeared more than 400 million years ago and include a single surviving order, Chimaeriformes, the chimaeras, with 39 extant species
<sup><xref rid="ref-1" ref-type="bibr">1</xref></sup>. Elasmobranchs appeared approximately 350 million years ago and include more than 1000 species of sharks, skates, and rays
<sup><xref rid="ref-2" ref-type="bibr">2</xref></sup>. Chondrichthyan fishes occupy a pivotal position at the base of the vertebrate phylogenetic tree. For research that includes an evolutionary component, representation of this diverse class affords a valuable perspective to evaluate all vertebrates.</p><p>Chondrichthyan fishes are circumglobal in distribution and occupy a wide range of ecological habitats. Their life history parameters are equally disparate but in general chondrichthyans are slow growing and late maturing fishes with an increased risk of extinction
<sup><xref rid="ref-3" ref-type="bibr">3</xref>–
<xref rid="ref-5" ref-type="bibr">5</xref></sup>. Fecundity is as few as 1 or 2 for viviparous species such as the sand tiger shark,
<italic>Carcharias taurus</italic><sup><xref rid="ref-6" ref-type="bibr">6</xref></sup> and as high as 300 for the whale shark,
<italic>Rhincodon typus</italic><sup><xref rid="ref-7" ref-type="bibr">7</xref></sup>. They are of economic importance for fisheries as well as ecotourism. Management and assessment of stock is essential to ensure both ecotourism interests and food resources remain sustainable
<sup><xref rid="ref-8" ref-type="bibr">8</xref></sup>. Management of fish populations has increasingly relied on molecular tools to investigate population structure, properly identify species, and compliance with fishing quotas
<sup><xref rid="ref-9" ref-type="bibr">9</xref>–
<xref rid="ref-13" ref-type="bibr">13</xref></sup>.</p><p>Elasmobranchs have been used as a model for biomedical research for more than 100 years. Elasmobranchs, like other cartilaginous fishes, exhibit many fundamental vertebrate characteristics, including a neural crest, jaws and teeth, an adaptive immune system, and a pressurized circulatory system. The skate is a powerful comparative model to study biological processes shared among jawed and limbed vertebrates such as development
<sup><xref rid="ref-14" ref-type="bibr">14</xref>–
<xref rid="ref-16" ref-type="bibr">16</xref></sup>, renal physiology
<sup><xref rid="ref-17" ref-type="bibr">17</xref>–
<xref rid="ref-20" ref-type="bibr">20</xref></sup>, immunology
<sup><xref rid="ref-21" ref-type="bibr">21</xref>–
<xref rid="ref-26" ref-type="bibr">26</xref></sup>, toxicology
<sup><xref rid="ref-27" ref-type="bibr">27</xref></sup>, neurobiology
<sup><xref rid="ref-28" ref-type="bibr">28</xref></sup>, and wound healing and regeneration
<sup><xref rid="ref-29" ref-type="bibr">29</xref></sup>. They are the most ancient vertebrates to posses an adaptive immune system that generates antibodies using a V(D)J combinatorial mechanism
<sup><xref rid="ref-30" ref-type="bibr">30</xref></sup>. Phylogenetically, cartilaginous fishes are the first vertebrates to possess a thymus, a central lymphoid organ that provides a microenvironment for the development of T cells
<sup><xref rid="ref-31" ref-type="bibr">31</xref></sup>. The thymus shares a common organization with more derived vertebrates containing cortical and medullary regions
<sup><xref rid="ref-32" ref-type="bibr">32</xref>,
<xref rid="ref-33" ref-type="bibr">33</xref></sup>.</p><p>In addition to shared physiological characteristics, the diversity of specializations between species allows investigations of evolution within a single clade. For example, elasmobranchs use a plethora of reproductive strategies that span the full range of maternal investment from placental viviparity to strict lecitrophic oviparity. Besides sexual reproduction, captive elasmobranchs are capable of asexual parthenogenesis
<sup><xref rid="ref-34" ref-type="bibr">34</xref>–
<xref rid="ref-36" ref-type="bibr">36</xref></sup>. Of these reproductive mechanisms, the most tractable for research purposes is oviparity. Approximately 43% of chondrichthyans utilize oviparity including all Chimaeriformes, Heterodontiformes (bullhead sharks), Rajoidae (skates) and Scyliorhinidae (catsharks)
<sup><xref rid="ref-37" ref-type="bibr">37</xref></sup>. Many species can be maintained in captivity and will breed and lay eggs throughout an annual season
<sup><xref rid="ref-38" ref-type="bibr">38</xref></sup>. Artificial insemination has been reported for two oviparous species, the clearnose skate,
<italic>Raja eglanteria</italic><sup><xref rid="ref-39" ref-type="bibr">39</xref></sup>, and the cloudy catshark,
<italic>Scyliorhinus torazame</italic><sup><xref rid="ref-40" ref-type="bibr">40</xref></sup>. Additionally, sperm storage allows wild caught females to lay eggs for several years without requiring males or captive mating events
<sup><xref rid="ref-41" ref-type="bibr">41</xref></sup>.</p><p><italic>Leucoraja erinacea</italic>, the little skate, was chosen for a genome sequencing project to represent this clade of fishes because of their use as a biomedical model, experimental tractability, genome size, existing sequence data, and northeast regional distribution. The sequencing project is an ongoing effort of the North East Bioinformatics Collaborative (NEBC) of the North East Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (NECC), composed of the bioinformatics core facilities from Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont funded by National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutional Development Awards (IDeA) and/or National Science Foundation (NSF) Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) programs.</p></sec><sec><title>Existing resources</title><p>There is a single order of holocephalans and 13 orders of elasmobranchs. The distribution of species in orders, families and genera is shown in
<xref ref-type="fig" rid="f1">Figure 1</xref>. The batoids are composed of 4 orders, Rajiiformes, Myliobatiformes, Torpidiformes, and Rhinopristiformes, and contain 54% of extant chondrichthyan species. Sharks are broadly divided into two super orders, Galeomorphii and Squalomorphii that together account for 43% of extant chondrichthyan species. The galean sharks include 4 orders: Heterdontiformes, Orectolobiformes, Lamniormes and Carcharhiniformes, and represent 30% of extant chondrichthyan species. Squalean sharks are composed of 4 orders: Squaliformes, Squatiniformes, Pristophoriformes, and Hexanchiformes, comprising 13% of extant chondrichthyan species. Among individual orders, Rajiiformes, the skates, have the most species (345) followed by Carcharhiniformes, the ground sharks (283) and Myliobatiformes (226)
<sup><xref rid="ref-2" ref-type="bibr">2</xref></sup>. These ‘big three’ orders contain 854 species, 72% of extant chondrichthyans.</p><fig fig-type="figure" id="f1" orientation="portrait" position="float"><label>Figure 1. </label><caption><title>Species distribution within chondrichthyan orders.</title><p>There is a single order of Holocephalans, Chimaeriformes, and 13 orders of elasmobranchs. The distribution of chondrichthyan species in each of the 14 orders is shown relative to the total number of species, genera and families for the clade. The batoids are composed of 4 orders, Rajiiformes, Myliobatiformes, Torpidiformes, and Rhinopristiformes, and contain 54% of extant chondrichthyan species. Sharks are broadly divided into two super orders, Galeomorphii and Squalomorphii that together include the remaining 9 orders and 43% of extant chondrichthyan species.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="f1000research-3-5333-g0000"></graphic></fig><p>Chondrichthyan conservation, management, and research all benefit from easily accessible and well-documented molecular resources. The organization of data and metadata in archival databases is critically important for efficient use of large and complex datasets. The International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration (INSDC) is composed of three large public nucleotide repositories, DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ), European Molecular Biology Laboratory-European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), and GenBank at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Recently, two new NCBI database projects were initiated to collect details of samples, BioSample, and project data, BioProject, and propagate the metadata to all associated database entries in an effort to expand the use of already existing and rapidly expanding molecular resources
<sup><xref rid="ref-42" ref-type="bibr">42</xref></sup>.
<xref ref-type="fig" rid="f2">Figure 2</xref> illustrates the relationship between BioProject, BioSample and the sequence data for SkateBase. Because the BioProject and BioSample databases were established in 2012, not all existing datasets have metadata or details of the biological source to populate a BioSample and BioProject entry. When available, BioProject and BioSample hyperlinks are included for Sequence Read Archive (SRA), Expressed Sequence Tag (EST) and Genome Survey Sequence (GSS) datasets in the tables below.</p><fig fig-type="figure" id="f2" orientation="portrait" position="float"><label>Figure 2. </label><caption><title>Representation of SkateBase data within the The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) databases.</title><p><bold>A</bold>. The little skate genome project is represented as a BioProject entry that connects all samples and data thematically. A BioSample record describes the DNA sample that was used for genome sequencing that was generated from a single stage 32 skate embryo. The SRA catalogs the unassembled Illumina genome sequence data. The Whole Genome Shotgun (WGS) database contains the contiguous sequences from shotgun sequencing projects. The assembled and annotated mitochondrial genome was deposited in GenBank and subsequently included in the NCBI Reference Sequence Database (RefSeq).
<bold>B</bold>. The project to characterize the embryonic transcriptomes of
<italic>L. erinacea</italic>,
<italic>C. milii</italic> and
<italic>S. canicula is</italic> represented in a BioProject entry. Three BioSample entries, one for each species, lead to three SRA datasets. The transcriptome data is represented also in the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO), a database of high-throughput functional genomic data derived from microarrays and next-generation sequencing technologies.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="f1000research-3-5333-g0001"></graphic></fig><p><xref ref-type="table" rid="T1">Table 1</xref> is a summary of chondrichthyan sequence data in NCBI databases, UniProtKB, and the Protein Data Bank (PDB) with
<italic>L. erinacea</italic>,
<italic>Callorhinchus milii</italic> and
<italic>Scyliorhinus canicula</italic>, the three species featured at SkateBase listed individually. The distribution of holocephalans and elasmobranchs in public databases is illustrated in
<xref ref-type="fig" rid="f3">Figure 3</xref>. Despite the majority of species belonging to Elasmobranchii, the GenBank, UniProtKB/TrEMBL, and Gene databases are dominated by chimaera data derived from the genome sequence of the elephant shark,
<italic>C. milii</italic><sup><xref rid="ref-43" ref-type="bibr">43</xref></sup>. Elasmobranch data predominates in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot, PDB, BioProject and BioSample databases as well as the number of whole mitochondrial genomes (WMG) in GenBank. The EST and SRA databases are nearly equally split between the two subclasses.</p><table-wrap id="T1" orientation="portrait" position="anchor"><label>Table 1. </label><caption><title>Chondrichthyan molecular sequence data in public databases.</title></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups" content-type="article-table"><thead><tr><th rowspan="1" colspan="1"></th><th align="center" colspan="13" valign="middle" rowspan="1">National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) databases
<sup><xref ref-type="other" rid="note-2">1</xref></sup></th><th rowspan="1" colspan="1"></th><th rowspan="1" colspan="1"></th></tr><tr><th rowspan="1" colspan="1"></th><th rowspan="1" colspan="1"></th><th rowspan="1" colspan="1"></th><th rowspan="1" colspan="1"></th><th rowspan="1" colspan="1"></th><th align="center" colspan="6" valign="middle" rowspan="1">GenBank</th><th rowspan="1" colspan="1"></th><th rowspan="1" colspan="1"></th><th rowspan="1" colspan="1"></th><th align="center" colspan="2" valign="middle" rowspan="1">UniProtKB
<sup><xref ref-type="other" rid="note-2">2</xref></sup></th><th rowspan="1" colspan="1"></th></tr><tr><th rowspan="1" colspan="1"></th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Taxonomy</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BioProject</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BioSample</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Gene</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">GenBank</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">WMG</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST lib</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">GSS</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">GSS
<break></break>lib</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">WGS
<break></break>(Mbp)</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">GEO
<sup><xref ref-type="other" rid="note-2">3</xref></sup></th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">SRA</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Swiss-
<break></break>Prot</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">TrEMBL</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">PDB</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Chondrichthyes</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7777</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">16</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">75</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21069</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">55810</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">72</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">192948</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">33</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">28497</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2492.3</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">22</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">276</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">26485
<sup><xref ref-type="other" rid="note-1">*</xref></sup></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">178</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Holocephali</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7863</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">20201</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">39512</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">109965</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">27944</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">936.9</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">13</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">12</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">20170</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<italic>C. milii</italic></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7868</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">20110</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">39232</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">109965</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">27944</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">936.9</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">13</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">19989</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"> Elasmobranchii</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7778</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">13</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">54</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">868</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">16273</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">64</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">82983</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">27</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">553</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1555.4</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">264</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6299</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">178</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<italic>L. erinacea</italic></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7782</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">13</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">284</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">31167</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1555.4</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">123</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<italic>S. canicula</italic></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7830</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">13</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">645</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1600</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">38</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">283</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><fn id="note-1"><p>(WMG) whole mitochondrial genome, (EST) Expressed Sequence Tags, (lib) libraries (GSS) Genome Survey Sequences, (GEO) Gene Expression Omnibus, (WGS) Whole Genome Shotgun, (SRA) Sequence Read Archive, (WMG) whole mitochondrial genomes, (PDB) Protein Data Bank, * includes 16 unidentified fin entries</p></fn><fn id="note-2"><p><sup>1</sup> NCBI databases accessed July 25, 2014,
<sup>2</sup> Release 2014_07 of 09-Jul-2014,
<sup>3</sup> GEO sample accessions</p></fn></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap><fig fig-type="figure" id="f3" orientation="portrait" position="float"><label>Figure 3. </label><caption><title>Holocephalan and elasmobranch resources in public nucleotide and protein databases.</title><p>The distribution of data for Holocephalii (chimaeras) and elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) subclasses of chondrichthyan fishes does not always reflect their species distribution. The number of species represented in GenBank is representative of the actual species distribution but the amount of data in GenBank is not. Holocephalan data forms the majority of the NCBI Gene, GenBank, Genome Survey Sequence (GSS) and UniProt TrEMBL databases. The number of Short Reach Archive (SRA) experiments and EST sequences in nearly equal for each subclass and the remaining databases are primarily populated by elasmobranch data.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="f1000research-3-5333-g0002"></graphic></fig></sec><sec><title>Chondrichthyan genomes</title><p>Currently there are multiple efforts to sequence an elasmobranch genome in various stages of completion (
<xref ref-type="table" rid="T2">Table 2</xref>); however, only the skate genome project currently has data publically available. Efforts to sequence the whale shark are underway at the Georgia Aquarium and Emory University (personal communication, Alistair Dove, Georgia Aquarium). Genoscope leads a project to sequence the genome of another oviparous elasmobranch, the catshark,
<italic>S. canicula</italic>. The current assembly is described in
<xref ref-type="table" rid="T2">Table 2</xref>. A second version of the catshark genome with 200x coverage, including mate pair sequencing, is in progress (personal communication, Sylvie Mazan, French National Centre for Scientific Research). Among holocephalans, the genome of the elephant shark,
<italic>C. milii</italic>, was first described in a 1.4x coverage assembly in 2006
<sup><xref rid="ref-44" ref-type="bibr">44</xref></sup>. With continued sequencing the assembly coverage is currently 19.25x and data has been made available through the project website (
<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://esharkgenome.imcb.a-star.edu.sg/">http://esharkgenome.imcb.a-star.edu.sg/</ext-link>) and Genbank
<sup><xref rid="ref-43" ref-type="bibr">43</xref></sup>.</p><table-wrap id="T2" orientation="portrait" position="anchor"><label>Table 2. </label><caption><title>Chondrichthyan genome sequencing projects.</title></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups" content-type="article-table"><thead><tr><th rowspan="1" colspan="1"></th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Website</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Genome
<break></break>size (Gb)</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Coverage</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Contigs</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">N50
<break></break>(bp)</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Platform</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Facility</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Genbank</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Data
<sup><xref ref-type="other" rid="note-3">1</xref></sup></th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BioProject</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BioSample</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Date</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="13" rowspan="1">Holocephali</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<italic>Callorhinchus milii</italic></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://esharkgenome.imcb.a-star.edu.sg/">esharkgenome</ext-link></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">0.910</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">19.25x</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21,203</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1466</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Sanger
<break></break>& 454</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">IMCB</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/564473274">AAVX02000000</ext-link></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">244 M</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA236996">PRJNA236996</ext-link></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/SAMN00000800">SAMN00000800</ext-link></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">20-Dec-13
<sup><xref ref-type="other" rid="note-4">*</xref></sup></td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="13" rowspan="1">Elasmobranchii</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<italic>Leucoraja erinacea</italic></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://skatebase.org/">skatebase.org</ext-link></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.42</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">26x</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2,62,365</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">665</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina
<break></break>PE</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NECC</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/363413075">AESE010000000</ext-link></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">105 G</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA60893">PRJNA60893</ext-link></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/SAMN00189066">SAMN00189066</ext-link></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">22-Dec-11</td></tr><tr><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<italic>Scyliorhinus canicula</italic></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.5</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">32x</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3,449,662</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1,292</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina
<break></break>PE</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Genoscope-CEA</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td></tr><tr><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<italic>Rhincodon typus</italic></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.44(est.)</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">35x</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina
<break></break>& 454</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Emory University
<break></break>&
<break></break>Georgia Aquarium</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA255419">PRJNA255419</ext-link></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/SAMN02918461">SAMN02918461</ext-link><break></break><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/SAMN02918462">SAMN02918462</ext-link></td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">16-Jul-14</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><fn id="note-3"><p><sup>1</sup> (M) Mega or (G) Giga base pairs; (PE) paired end; (est) estimated; (ICMB) Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR, (NECC) North East Cyberinfrastructure Consortium</p></fn><fn id="note-4"><p>* replaced original sequence data GenBank AAVX00000000.1 (1.4x coverage) released 20-DEC-2006</p></fn></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap><p>A powerful resource for characterizing genomes is large-insert clone libraries where each clone contains a large (~100kb) genomic region. Bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) and P1-derived artificial chromosome (PAC) libraries are DNA constructs within a plasmid used to transform bacteria. As the bacteria grow the inserted DNA is amplified and subsequently isolated and sequenced. BACs are beneficial for genome sequencing projects because the insert size can be very large, nearly 350 kb, facilitating assembly post-sequencing. BAC/PAC libraries were built for several chondrichthyan species including the nurse shark,
<italic>Ginglymostoma cirratum</italic><sup><xref rid="ref-45" ref-type="bibr">45</xref></sup>; elephant shark,
<italic>C. milli</italic><sup><xref rid="ref-46" ref-type="bibr">46</xref></sup>; little skate,
<italic>L. erinacea</italic><sup><xref rid="ref-47" ref-type="bibr">47</xref></sup>; horn shark,
<italic>Heterdontus francisci</italic><sup><xref rid="ref-48" ref-type="bibr">48</xref></sup>; dogfish shark,
<italic>Squalus acanthias</italic><sup><xref rid="ref-49" ref-type="bibr">49</xref>,
<xref rid="ref-50" ref-type="bibr">50</xref></sup>; and catshark,
<italic>S. canicula</italic><sup><xref rid="ref-51" ref-type="bibr">51</xref></sup>. These libraries were used to successfully characterize a handful of genomic regions such as little skate
<italic>HoxA</italic> cluster
<sup><xref rid="ref-47" ref-type="bibr">47</xref>,
<xref rid="ref-52" ref-type="bibr">52</xref></sup>, horn shark
<italic>Hox A</italic> and
<italic>D</italic> clusters
<sup><xref rid="ref-53" ref-type="bibr">53</xref></sup>, catshark
<italic>HoxA</italic>,
<italic>B</italic> and
<italic>D</italic> clusters
<sup><xref rid="ref-51" ref-type="bibr">51</xref>,
<xref rid="ref-52" ref-type="bibr">52</xref></sup>,
<italic>C. milii</italic> HoxA-D clusters
<sup><xref rid="ref-54" ref-type="bibr">54</xref></sup>, immunoglobulin receptor IgW C regions
<sup><xref rid="ref-30" ref-type="bibr">30</xref></sup> and neurohypophysial gene loci
<sup><xref rid="ref-46" ref-type="bibr">46</xref></sup>.</p></sec><sec><title>RNA databases</title><p>Transcriptome sequencing seeks to characterize all genes expressed in a tissue or set of tissues in a sample. Technologies to identify the complete RNA transcript sequence have developed from studies of a small number of transcripts to comprehensive characterizations. The application of large-scale cDNA cloning of Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) gave initial characterizations of 5-prime and/or 3-prime ends of transcripts in several elasmobranchs including
<italic>L. erinacea</italic> and
<italic>S. acanthias</italic> (
<xref ref-type="table" rid="T3">Table 3</xref>). EST sequence data are available in the EST divisions of the GenBank, EMBL and DDBJ databases that make up the INSDC. cDNA clones and their sequences from these EST projects have enabled the complete characterization of the full-length cDNA sequence of several genes. In the last five years, high-throughput RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) has been applied to comprehensively examine the complete sequence of transcripts in tissues of cartilaginous fishes. Among the most valuable RNA-Seq datasets are those from whole late-stage embryos following organogenesis. Our project has generated these datasets for
<italic>L. erinacea</italic>,
<italic>S. canicula</italic> and
<italic>C. milii</italic><sup><xref rid="ref-52" ref-type="bibr">52</xref></sup>. Public RNA-Seq data sets can be found in the NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus and Short Read Archive (SRA) databases or the EBI ArrayExpress and European Nucleic Acid (ENA) archives (
<xref ref-type="table" rid="T3">Table 3</xref> and
<xref ref-type="table" rid="T4">Table 4</xref>).</p><table-wrap id="T3" orientation="portrait" position="anchor"><label>Table 3. </label><caption><title>National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Expressed Sequence Tags (EST) and Genome Survey Sequences (GSS) databases (release 130101): Chondrichthyan sequence data.</title></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups" content-type="article-table"><thead><tr><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BioSample</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BioSample Description</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Library ID</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Organism</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Sample
<break></break>age/sex</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Sample type </th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">ESTs</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Facility
<sup><xref ref-type="other" rid="note-5">1</xref></sup></th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Date</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left" colspan="9" rowspan="1"><underline>Holocephali</underline></td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="9" rowspan="1">Chimaeriformes</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/182978">182978</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Whole-genome shotgun library of the elephant shark (aka
<break></break>elephant fish)</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">GSS: LIBGSS_009694</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Callorhinchus milii</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">testis</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">27944</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">IMCB</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2004</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/1000678">1000678</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Elephant shark full- length cDNA library from testis</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_027873</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Callorhinchus milii</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">testis</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">29234</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">IMCB</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2012</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/1000677">1000677</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Elephant shark full- length cDNA library from spleen</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_027872</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Callorhinchus milii</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">spleen</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16664</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">IMCB</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2012</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/1000676">1000676</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Elephant shark full- length cDNA library from liver</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_027871</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Callorhinchus milii</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">liver</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16573</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">IMCB</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2012</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/1000675">1000675</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Elephant shark full- length cDNA library from kidney</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_027870</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Callorhinchus milii</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">kidney</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">19246</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">IMCB</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2012</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/1000674">1000674</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Elephant shark full- length cDNA library from intestine</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_027869</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Callorhinchus milii</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">intestine</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">12146</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">IMCB</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2012</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/1000673">1000673</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Elephant shark full- length cDNA library from gills</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_027868</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Callorhinchus milii</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">gills</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16012</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">IMCB</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2012</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="9" rowspan="1"><underline>Elasmobranchii: Batoids (rays and skates)</underline></td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="9" rowspan="1">Torpediformes</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/158311">158311</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Torpedo marmorata electric organ</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_003755</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Torpedo marmorata</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">electric organ</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">8</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">CNRS</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2000</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/158310">158310</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Torpedo marmorata electric lobe</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_003754</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Torpedo marmorata</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">electric lobe</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">26</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">CNRS</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2000</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/157461">157461</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">pFL61-TEL</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_002905</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Torpedo marmorata</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">electric lobe</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">CNRS</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2000</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/157406">157406</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">pFL61-EL</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_002849</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Torpedo marmorata</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">electric lobe</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">5</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">CNRS</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2000</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/154382">154382</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Torpedo californica electric organ</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_020696</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Torpedo californica</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">electric organ</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">10185</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Children’s National
<break></break>Medical Center,
<break></break>USA</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2006</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="9" rowspan="1">Rajiformes</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/175126">175126</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Little Skate Multiple Tissues, Normalized</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_015890</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Leucoraja erinacea</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">adult</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">mixed
<sup><xref ref-type="other" rid="note-5">a</xref></sup></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">5698</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">MDIBL</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2004</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/176484">176484</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Little Skate Liver, Normalized</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_017626</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Leucoraja erinacea</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">adult</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">liver</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">6016</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">MDIBL</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2005</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/165533">165533</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Little Skate embryo cell line 1 (LEE-1): 5' sequences</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_022984</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Leucoraja erinacea</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">embryonic
<break></break>cell line</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">stage 28</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">4825</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">MDIBL</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2006</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/154366">154366</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Little skate embryo tissues; 5' sequences</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_020422</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Leucoraja erinacea</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">embryo</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">stage 19, 20, 25</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">5600</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">MDIBL</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2006</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/166469">166469</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Skate Multiple Tissues, Normalized</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_023576</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Leucoraja erinacea</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">adult</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">mixed
<sup><xref ref-type="other" rid="note-5">a</xref></sup></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">9028</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">MDIBL</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2008</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="9" rowspan="1"><underline>Elasmonbranchii: Selachii (sharks)</underline></td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="9" rowspan="1">Carcharhiniformes</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/168576">168576</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Dogfish testis - round spermatids zone (SSH)</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_025578</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Scyliorhinus</italic><break></break><italic>canicula</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">adult</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">testis</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">20</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Caen University</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2009</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/168575">168575</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Dogfish testis - spermatogonia zone (SSH)</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_025577</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Scyliorhinus</italic><break></break><italic>canicula</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">adult</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">testis</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">12</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Caen University</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2010</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/222714">222714</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Scyliorhinus canicula juvenile library</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_026904</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Scyliorhinus</italic><break></break><italic>canicula</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">juvenile</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">5 days post-hatch</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">56</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">enoscope-CEA</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2011</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/222713">222713</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Scyliorhinus canicula embryonic, stages 9–15 library</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_026903</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Scyliorhinus</italic><break></break><italic>canicula</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">embryo</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">stages 9–15</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">628</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Genoscope-CEA</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2011</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/222712">222712</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Scyliorhinus canicula embryonic, stages 19–25 library</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_026902</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Scyliorhinus</italic><break></break><italic>canicula</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">embryo</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">stages 19–25</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">772</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Genoscope-CEA</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2011</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/222711">222711</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Scyliorhinus canicula embryonic, stages 19–24 library</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_026901</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Scyliorhinus</italic><break></break><italic>canicula</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">embryo</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">stages 19–24</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">33</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Genoscope-CEA</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2011</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/222710">222710</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Scyliorhinus canicula adult brain library</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_026900</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Scyliorhinus</italic><break></break><italic>canicula</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">adult</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">brain</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">79</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Genoscope-CEA</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2011</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/699400">699400</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">cloudy catshark embryo cDNA library</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_027410</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Scyliorhinus</italic><break></break><italic>torazame</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">embryo</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">stage 31</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2942</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">RIKEN</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2011</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="9" rowspan="1">Orectolobiformes</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/183175">183175</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">GC__Ba</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">GSS: LIBGSS_009945</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Ginglymostoma</italic><break></break><italic>cirratum</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">adult</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">red blood cells</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">178</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">University of
<break></break>Arizona</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2005</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/184343">184343</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">shark whole genome shotgun library 2</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">GSS: LIBGSS_011249</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Chiloscyllium</italic><break></break><italic>plagiosum</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">female</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">ventral fin</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">177</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Tgen</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2008</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/184342">184342</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">shark whole genome shotgun library 1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">GSS: LIBGSS_011248</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Chiloscyllium</italic><break></break><italic>plagiosum</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">female</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">ventral fin</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">194</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Tgen</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2008</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/166749">166749</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Shark liver regeneration</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_023789</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Chiloscyllium</italic><break></break><italic>plagiosum</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">adult</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">liver</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2103</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">BGI</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2008</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/176026">176026</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">cDNA library of Shark hepatic regeneration tissues</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_017019</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Chiloscyllium</italic><break></break><italic>plagiosum</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">none</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Hour 24 after 2/3
<break></break>partial hepatectomy</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">17</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">CPU</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2005</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/254067">254067</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Toll like receptor ligand induced Spleen</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_027180</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Chiloscyllium</italic><break></break><italic>griseum</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">male</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">spleen</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">1051</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">MVC</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2011</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/254066">254066</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Spleen of Chiloscyllium griseum</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_027179</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Chiloscyllium</italic><break></break><italic>griseum</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">male</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">spleen</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">1000</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">MVC</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2011</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/1797282">1797282</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Suppressive subtractive hybridization library from
<break></break>peptidoglycan induced spleen of the shark</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_028031</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Chiloscyllium</italic><break></break><italic>griseum</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">male</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">spleen</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">315</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">MVC</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2012</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="9" rowspan="1">Squaliformes</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/175664">175664</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Dogfish Shark Multiple Tissues, Normalized</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_016552</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Squalus acanthias</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">adult</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">mixed
<sup><xref ref-type="other" rid="note-5">b</xref></sup></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">15078</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">MDIBL</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2004</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/176998">176998</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Dogfish Shark Embryo-derived Cell Line SAE, Normalized</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_018195</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Squalus acanthias</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">embryonic
<break></break>cell line</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">embryo with
<break></break>external yolk sac</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">5824</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">MDIBL</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2005</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/154362">154362</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Spiny dogfish shark rectal gland EST library</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_020417</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Squalus acanthias</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">rectal gland</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">5085</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">MDIBL</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2006</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/150616">150616</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Dogfish Shark Rectal Gland, Normalized</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">EST: LIBEST_020023</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Squalus acanthias</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">adult</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">rectal gland</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">6575</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">MDIBL</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2006</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="9" rowspan="1">Hexanchiformes</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/178140">178140</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Hexanchus griseus DNA (Hunter C)</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">GSS: LIBGSS_003277</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Hexanchus</italic><break></break><italic>griseus</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">4</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">HGMP-RC</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2001</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><fn id="note-5"><p><sup>1</sup> (ICMB) Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR, (HGMP-RC) Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre, Hinxton, (Tgen) Translational Genomics Research Institute AZ, USA, (CNRS) National Center for Scientific Research, France, (MDIBL) Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, (CPU) China Pharmaceutical University, (MVC) Madras Veterinary College, TANUVAS, (BGI) Beijing Genomics Institute (SSH) Suppressive subtractive hybridization; (mixed
<sup>a</sup>) liver, kidney, brain, testis, ovary, gill, heart, spleen, rectal gland; (mixed
<sup>b</sup>) rectal gland, kidney, brain, testis, ovary, gill, intestine, heart, spleen</p></fn></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap><table-wrap id="T4" orientation="portrait" position="anchor"><label>Table 4. </label><caption><title>National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Sequence Read Archive (SRA) database: Chondrichthyan sequence data.</title></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups" content-type="article-table"><thead><tr><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BioProject</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BioSample</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">SRA description</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">SRA</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Organism</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Age</th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Sample
<break></break>type </th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Platform
<sup><xref ref-type="other" rid="note-6">1</xref></sup></th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Data
<sup><xref ref-type="other" rid="note-6">2</xref></sup></th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Facility
<sup><xref ref-type="other" rid="note-7">3</xref></sup></th><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Date</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left" colspan="11" rowspan="1">Holocephali</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/18361">PRJNA18361</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/?term=SAMN00000800">SAMN00000800</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">454 sequencing of Callorhinchus milii
<break></break>genomic fragment library</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/SRX001870">SRX001870</ext-link><sup><xref ref-type="other" rid="note-6">*</xref></sup></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Callorhinchus milii</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">adult</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">testis </td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">LS454</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">244.9 M</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">IMCB</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2008</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject?LinkName=sra_bioproject&from_uid=43689">PRJNA135005</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/188955">SAMN00188955</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">GSM643959: Callorhinchus milii pooled
<break></break>Stage 32 embryos</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/SRX036538">SRX036538</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Callorhinchus milii</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">embryos</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">stage 32 </td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina SE</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.3 G</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">MDIBL</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2011</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/168475">PRJNA168475</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/2699939">SAMN02699939</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina sequencing of elephant shark
<break></break>thymus RNA</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/SRX220387">SRX220387</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Callorhinchus milii</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">thymus</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina PE</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">9.7 G</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">IMCB</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2013</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/168475">PRJNA168475</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/2699938">SAMN02699938</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina sequencing of elephant shark
<break></break>testis RNA</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/SRX154861">SRX154861</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Callorhinchus milii</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">testis</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina PE</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.3 G</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">IMCB</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2013</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/168475">PRJNA168475</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/2699937">SAMN02699937</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina sequencing of elephant shark
<break></break>spleen RNA</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/SRX154860">SRX154860</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Callorhinchus milii</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">spleen</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina PE</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">6.3 G</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">IMCB</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2013</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/168475">PRJNA168475</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/2699936">SAMN02699936</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina sequencing of elephant shark
<break></break>ovary RNA</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/SRX154859">SRX154859</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Callorhinchus milii</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">ovary</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina PE</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.9 G</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">IMCB</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2013</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/168475">PRJNA168475</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/2699935">SAMN02699935</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina sequencing of elephant shark
<break></break>liver RNA</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/SRX154858">SRX154858</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Callorhinchus milii</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">liver</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina PE</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16.7 G</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">IMCB</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2013</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/168475">PRJNA168475</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/2699934">SAMN02699934</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina sequencing of elephant shark
<break></break>muscle RNA</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/SRX154857">SRX154857</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Callorhinchus milii</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">muscle</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina PE</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">11.1 G</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">IMCB</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2013</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/168475">PRJNA168475</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/2699933">SAMN02699933</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina sequencing of elephant shark
<break></break>kidney RNA</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/SRX154856">SRX154856</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Callorhinchus milii</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">kidney</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina PE</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">9 G</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">IMCB</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2013</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/168475">PRJNA168475</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/2699932">SAMN02699932</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina sequencing of elephant shark
<break></break>intestine RNA</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/SRX154855">SRX154855</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Callorhinchus milii</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">intestine</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina PE</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">11.2 G</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">IMCB</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2013</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/168475">PRJNA168475</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/2699931">SAMN02699931</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina sequencing of elephant shark
<break></break>heart RNA</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/SRX154854">SRX154854</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Callorhinchus milii</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">heart</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina PE</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">6.9 G</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">IMCB</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2013</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/168475">PRJNA168475</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/2699930">SAMN02699930</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina sequencing of elephant shark
<break></break>gills RNA</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/SRX154852">SRX154852</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Callorhinchus milii</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">gills</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina PE</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">5.4 G</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">IMCB</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2013</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/168475">PRJNA168475</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/2699929">SAMN02699929</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina sequencing of elephant shark
<break></break>brain RNA</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/SRX154851">SRX154851</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Callorhinchus milii</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">brain</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina PE</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">10.5 G</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">IMCB</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2013</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="11" rowspan="1">Elasmobranchii</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/60893">PRJNA60893</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/189066">SAMN00189066</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Initial Characterization of Leucoraja
<break></break>erinacea Genome Using 500bp Paired-
<break></break>End Sequencing</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/SRX036634">SRX036634</ext-link><sup><xref ref-type="other" rid="note-6">*</xref></sup></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Leucoraja erinacea</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">embryo</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">stage 32 </td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina PE</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">105 G</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">NECC</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2011</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject?LinkName=sra_bioproject&from_uid=43689">PRJNA135005</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/188953">SAMN00188953</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">GSM643957: Leucoraja erinacea pooled
<break></break>Stage 20–29 embryos</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/SRX036536">SRX036536</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Leucoraja erinacea</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">embryos</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">stage
<break></break>20–29 </td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina SE</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.8 G</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">MDIBL</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2011</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject?LinkName=sra_bioproject&from_uid=43689">PRJNA135005</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/188954">SAMN00188954</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">GSM643958: Scyliorhinus canicula
<break></break>pooled Stage 24–30 embryos</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/SRX036537">SRX036537</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Scyliorhinus canicula</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">embryos</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">stage
<break></break>24–30 </td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina SE</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">3.9 G</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">MDIBL</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2011</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/61447">PRJDA61447</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/691561">SAMD00003843</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Torazame EST</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/DRX000491">DRX000491</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Scyliorhinus torazame</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">embryos</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">stage
<break></break>23–31 </td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">LS454</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">43.6 M</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">RIKEN</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2011</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/177971">PRJNA177971</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/1915239">SAMN01915239</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Carcharodon carcharias cDNA Illumina
<break></break>sequence reads</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/SRX228421">SRX228421</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Carcharodon carcharias</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">juvenile</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">heart </td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina SE</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">7.9 G</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cornell</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2013</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/177971">PRJNA177971</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/1915239">SAMN01915239</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Carcharodon carcharias heart
<break></break>transcriptome</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/SRX228332">SRX228332</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Carcharodon carcharias</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">juvenile</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">heart </td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">LS454</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">408.4 M</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Cornell</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2013</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA183979">PRJNA183979</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/1831510">SAMN01831510</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina sequencing of Nurse Shark
<break></break>thymus transcripts</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/SRX219866">SRX219866</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Ginglymostoma cirratum</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">thymus </td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina PE</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">12 G</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">IMCB</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2013</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA183979">PRJNA183979</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/1831509">SAMN01831509</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina sequencing of Nurse Shark
<break></break>spleen transcripts</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/SRX219865">SRX219865</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Ginglymostoma cirratum</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">spleen </td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina PE</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">11.2 G</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">IMCB</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2013</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA240112">PRJNA240112 </ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/2673223">SAMN02673223</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Neotrygon kuhlii barb venom gland
<break></break>transcriptome</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/SRX481088[accn]">SRX481088</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Neotrygon kuhlii</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">barb
<break></break>venom
<break></break>gland </td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Illumina PE</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">84.3 M</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">LSTM</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2014</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><fn id="note-6"><p>* genomic data;
<sup>1</sup> (SE) single end or (PE) paired end;
<sup>2</sup> (M) Mega or (G) Giga base pairs</p></fn><fn id="note-7"><p><sup>3</sup> (MDIBL) Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, (ICMB) Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR, (LSTM) Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, (NECC) North East Cyberinfrastructure Consortium</p></fn></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap></sec><sec><title>Mitochondrial genomes</title><p>Individual mitochondrial genes such as cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (CO1 or COX1) and NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase chain 2 (NADH2 or MT-ND2) have been used extensively to construct molecular phylogenies
<sup><xref rid="ref-55" ref-type="bibr">55</xref>–
<xref rid="ref-57" ref-type="bibr">57</xref></sup>. The Fish barcode of life (FISH-BOL) a working group of the International Barcode of Life Project (iBOL), has CO1 barcodes for 54% of elasmobranchs and 62% of holocephalans (
<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.fishbol.org">http://www.fishbol.org</ext-link>, accessed July 24, 2014). Recently, whole mitochondrial sequences are increasingly popular for their increased granularity when resolving branches of phylogenetic trees
<sup><xref rid="ref-1" ref-type="bibr">1</xref></sup>. Whole mitochondrial genome sequences currently are available for 72 species of sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras. These sequences are accessible in the GenBank, EMBL and DDBJ databases summarized in
<xref ref-type="table" rid="T5">Table 5</xref><sup><xref rid="ref-58" ref-type="bibr">58</xref></sup>.</p><table-wrap id="T5" orientation="portrait" position="anchor"><label>Table 5. </label><caption><title>Whole mitochondrial sequences for chondrichthyan fishes.</title></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups" content-type="article-table"><thead><tr><th align="center" colspan="3" rowspan="1">Accessions</th><th rowspan="1" colspan="1"></th><th rowspan="1" colspan="1"></th><th rowspan="1" colspan="1"></th><th rowspan="1" colspan="1"></th></tr><tr><th rowspan="1" colspan="1">BioProject</th><th rowspan="1" colspan="1">NCBI Ref_seq</th><th rowspan="1" colspan="1">GenBank</th><th rowspan="1" colspan="1">Organism</th><th rowspan="1" colspan="1">bp</th><th rowspan="1" colspan="1"><sup><xref ref-type="other" rid="note-8">*</xref></sup>G+C</th><th rowspan="1" colspan="1">Date</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left" colspan="7" rowspan="1"><underline>Holocephali</underline></td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="7" rowspan="1">Chimaeriformes</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA50265">PRJNA50265</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_014281.1">NC_014281.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/HM147135.1">HM147135.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Callorhinchus callorynchus</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16758</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">34</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">21-Oct-10</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA50271">PRJNA50271</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_014284.1">NC_014284.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/HM147136.1">HM147136.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Callorhinchus capensis</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16760</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">34.1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">21-Oct-10</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA50273">PRJNA50273</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_014285.1">NC_014285.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/HM147137.1">HM147137.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Callorhinchus milii</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16769</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">33.7</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">21-Oct-10</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA11978">PRJNA11978</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_003136.1">NC_003136.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/AJ310140.1">AJ310140.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Chimaera monstrosa</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">18580</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">38.6</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">14-Nov-06</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA50279">PRJNA50279</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_014288.1">NC_014288.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/HM147138">HM147138</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Chimaera fulva</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">21336</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">38.2</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">19-Oct-10</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA50287">PRJNA50287</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_014292.1">NC_014292.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/HM147140.1">HM147140.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Harriotta raleighana</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">18024</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">42.5</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">19-Oct-10</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA50283">PRJNA50283</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_014290.1">NC_014290.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/HM147139.1">HM147139.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Hydrolagus lemures</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">21233</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">39.4</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">19-Oct-10</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA50289">PRJNA50289</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_014293.1">NC_014293.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/HM147141.1">HM147141.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Rhinochimaera pacifica</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">24889</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">41.6</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">19-Oct-10</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="7" rowspan="1"><underline>Elasmobranchii: Batoids (rays and skates)</underline></td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="7" rowspan="1">Myliobatiformes</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA247653">PRJNA247653</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_024102.1">NC_024102.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KJ617038.1">KJ617038.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Gymnura poecilura</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">17874</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">45.1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">7-May-14</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA239601">PRJNA239601</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_023525.1">NC_023525.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KF751650.1">KF751650.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Himantura granulata</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">17657</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">39.1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">25-Feb-14</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA229016">PRJNA229016</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_022837.1">NC_022837.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KF482070.1">KF482070.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Aetobatus flagellum</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">20201</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">40.9</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">3-Nov-13</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA198706">PRJNA198706</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_021132">NC_021132.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KC526959">KC526959.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Dasyatis akajei</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">17658</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">40.4</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">10-Mar-14</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA190131">PRJNA190131</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_020352">NC_020352.2</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KC196067.2">KC196067.2</ext-link><break></break><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KC633222">KC633222.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Dasyatis bennetti</italic><break></break><italic>Dasyatis bennetti</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">17668
<break></break>17717</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">40.2
<break></break>40.1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">22-Jul-13
<break></break>20-Feb-14</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA182669">PRJNA182669</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_019643">NC_019643.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/JX524174">JX524174.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Dasyatis zugei</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">18264</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">36.6</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">24-May-13</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA15549">PRJNA15549</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_007230">NC_007230.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/49066381">AY597334.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Plesiobatis daviesi</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">17514</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">41.9</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">20-Mar-07</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA232219">PRJNA232219</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_023116">NC_023116</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KF709642">KF709642.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Potamotrygon motoro</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">17448</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">43.3</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">14-Jan-14</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA177278">PRJNA177278</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_018784.1">NC_018784.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/JX392983.1">JX392983.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Mobula japanica</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">18880</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">37.4</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">18-Jan-13</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA212605">PRJNA212605</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_021767.1">NC_021767.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KC992792.1">KC992792.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Neotrygon kuhlii</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">18039</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">39.5</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">17-Jul-13</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA182647">PRJNA182647</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_019641.1">NC_019641.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/JX827260.1">JX827260.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Taeniura meyeni</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">17638</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">41.6</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">8-Nov-13</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="7" rowspan="1">Rajiformes</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA239623">PRJNA239623</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_023505.2">NC_023505.2</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KF318309.2">KF318309.2</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Dipturus kwangtungensis</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16912</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">41.6</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">13-Mar-14</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA81399">PRJNA81399</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_016429">NC_016429.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/JQ034406">JQ034406.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Leucoraja erinacea</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16724</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">40.3</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">28-Nov-11</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA13984">PRJNA13984</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_007173">NC_007173.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/41216606">AY525783.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Okamejei kenojei</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16972</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">42.4</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">15-Jun-05</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA11877">PRJNA11877</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_000893.1">NC_000893.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/AF106038.1">AF106038.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Amblyraja radiata</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16783</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">40.3</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">22-Apr-09</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA214406">PRJNA214406</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_021964">NC_021964</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KC914434">KC914434.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Raja rhina</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16910</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">41.4</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">11-Sep-13</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA214407">PRJNA214407</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_021963.1">NC_021963.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KC914433.1">KC914433.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Hongeo koreana</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16905</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">42.2</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">11-Sep-13</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA244226">PRJNA244226</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_023944.1">NC_023944.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KF648508.1">KF648508.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Zearaja chilensis</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16909</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">41.1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">1-May-14</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="7" rowspan="1">Rhinopristiformes</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA228994">PRJNA228994</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_022821.1">NC_022821.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KF381507.1">KF381507.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Pristis clavata</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16804</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">39.8</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">13-Nov-13</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA229000">PRJNA229000</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_022841.1">NC_022841.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KF534708.1">KF534708.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Rhinobatos hynnicephalus</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16776</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">40.3</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">13-Nov-13</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA244205">PRJNA244205</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_023951.1">NC_023951.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KJ140136.1">KJ140136.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Rhinobatos schlegelii</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16780</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">39.6</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">6-Apr-14</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="7" rowspan="1"><underline>Elasmonbranchii: Selachii (sharks)</underline></td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="7" rowspan="1">Carcharhiniformes</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA246074">PRJNA246074</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_024055.1">NC_024055.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KF728380.1">KF728380.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Carcharhinus acronotus</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16719</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">38.4</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">29-Apr-14</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA244183">PRJNA244183</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_023948.1">NC_023948.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KF956523.1">KF956523.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16705</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">38.2</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">6-Apr-14</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA239607">PRJNA239607</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_023522.1">NC_023522.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KF646785.1">KF646785.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Carcharhinus leucas</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16704</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">37.4</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">25-Feb-14</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA252486">PRJNA252486</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_024284.1">NC_024284.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KJ720818.1">KJ720818.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Carcharhinus melanopterus</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16706</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">38.6</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">7-Jun-14</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA193929">PRJNA193929</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_020611.1">NC_020611.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KC470543.1">KC470543.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Carcharhinus obscurus</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16706</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">38.6</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">8-Nov-13</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA239626">PRJNA239626</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_023521.1">NC_023521.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KF612341.1">KF612341.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Carcharhinus sorrah</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16707</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">38.9</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">25-Feb-14</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA217222">PRJNA217222</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_022193.1">NC_022193.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KF111728.1">KF111728.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Galeocerdo cuvier</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16703</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">36.9</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">31-Oct-13</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA236275">PRJNA236275</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_023361.1">NC_023361.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KF646786.1">KF646786.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Glyphis garricki</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16702</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">39.2</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">13-Jan-14</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA212606">PRJNA212606</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_021768.2">NC_021768.2</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KF006312.2">KF006312.2</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Glyphis glyphis</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16701</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">39</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">25-Jul-14</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA239588">PRJNA239588</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_023527.1">NC_023527.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KF889325.1">KF889325.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Mustelus griseus</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16754</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">39</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">25-Feb-14</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA11875">PRJNA11875</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_000890.1">NC_000890.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/AB015962.1">AB015962.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Mustelus manazo</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16707</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">38.3</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">8-Apr-00</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA228986">PRJNA228986</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_022819.1">NC_022819.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KF356249.1">KF356249.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Prionace glauca</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16705</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">37.5</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">13-Nov-13</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA226181">PRJNA226181</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_022735.1">NC_022735.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/AB560493.1">AB560493.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Pseudotriakis microdon</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16700</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">36.4</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">29-Oct-13</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA168394">PRJNA168394</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_018052.1">NC_018052.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/JQ693102.1">JQ693102.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Scoliodon macrorhynchos</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16693</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">37</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">31-Mar-14</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA11849">PRJNA11849</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_001950.1">NC_001950.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/Y16067.1">Y16067.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Scyliorhinus canicula</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16697</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">38</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">18-Apr-05</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA226138">PRJNA226138</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_022679.1">NC_022679.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/JX827259.1">JX827259.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Sphyrna lewini</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16726</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">39.5</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">8-Nov-13</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="7" rowspan="1">Orectolobiformes</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA163947">PRJNA163947</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_017882">NC_017882.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/JQ434458">JQ434458.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Chiloscyllium griseum</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16755</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">36.1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">6-Mar-12</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA37667">PRJNA37667</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_012570">NC_012570.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/JX162601">JX162601.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Chiloscyllium plagiosum</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16725</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">37.4</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">25-Jul-12</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA81281">PRJNA81281</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_016686">NC_016686.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/JQ082337">JQ082337.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Chiloscyllium punctatum</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16703</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">36.8</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">31-Mar-14</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA217221">PRJNA217221</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_022148.1">NC_022148.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KF111729.1">KF111729.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Orectolobus japonicus</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16706</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">37.3</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">19-Sep-13</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA238093">PRJNA238093</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_023455.1">NC_023455.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KF679782.1">KF679782.1</ext-link><break></break><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KC633221">KC633221</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Rhincodon typus</italic><break></break><italic>Rhincodon typus</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16875
<break></break>16928</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">37.1
<break></break>37.1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">19-Mar-14
<break></break>31-Mar-14</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="7" rowspan="1">Lamniformes</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA239610">PRJNA239610</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_023520.1">NC_023520.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KF569943.1">KF569943.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Carcharias taurus</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16773</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">39.5</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">5-Feb-14</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA221185">PRJNA221185</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_022415">NC_022415.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KC914387">KC914387.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Carcharodon carcharias</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16744</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">40.8</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">31-Oct-13</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA232870">PRJNA232870</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_023266">NC_023266.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KF597303">KF597303.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Cetorhinus maximus</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16670</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">40.6</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">14-Jan-14</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA226140">PRJNA226140</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_022691.1">NC_022691.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KF361861.1">KF361861.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Isurus oxyrinchus</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16701</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">43.2</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">28-Sep-13</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA247657">PRJNA247657</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_024101.1">NC_024101.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KJ616742.1">KJ616742.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Isurus paucus</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16704</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">43.8</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">7-May-14</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA252473">PRJNA252473</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_024269.1">NC_024269.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KF962053.1">KF962053.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Lamna ditropis</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16699</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">41.8</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">30-May-14</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA207613">PRJNA207613</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_021442.1">NC_021442.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KC702506.1">KC702506.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Megachasma pelagios</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16694</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">36.7</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">13-May-13</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA33525"> PRJNA33525</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_011825.1">NC_011825.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/EU528659.1">EU528659.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Mitsukurina owstoni</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">17743</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">38.8</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">29-Dec-08</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA228992">PRJNA228992</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_022822.1">NC_022822.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KF412639.1">KF412639.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Alopias pelagicus</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16692</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">38.6</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">18-Dec-13</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA207614">PRJNA207614</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_021443.1">NC_021443.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KC757415.1">KC757415.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Alopias superciliosus</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16719</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">39.3</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">26-Jun-13</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="7" rowspan="1">Heterodontiformes</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA11979">PRJNA11979</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_003137.1">NC_003137.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/AJ310141.1">AJ310141.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Heterodontus francisci</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16708</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">39.9</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">14-Nov-06</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA209901">PRJNA209901</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_021615.1">NC_021615.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KC845548.1">KC845548.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Heterodontus zebra</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16720</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">40</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">18-Jun-13</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="7" rowspan="1">Squaliformes</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA246067">PRJNA246067</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_024059">NC_024059.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KJ128289.1">KJ128289.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Cirrhigaleus australis</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16543</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">38.8</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">29-Apr-14</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA226141">PRJNA226141</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_022734.1">NC_022734.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/AB560492.1">AB560492.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Somniosus pacificus</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16730</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">39.3</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">29-Oct-13</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA11856">PRJNA11856</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_002012.1">NC_002012.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/Y18134.1">Y18134.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Squalus acanthias</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16738</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">38.8</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">18-Apr-05</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="7" rowspan="1">Squatiniformes</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA252467">PRJNA252467</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_024276.1">NC_024276.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KJ619663.1">KJ619663.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Squatina japonica</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16689</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">37.9</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">4-Jun-14</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="7" rowspan="1">Pristiophoriformes</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA247682">PRJNA247682</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_024110.1">NC_024110.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/AB721306.1">AB721306.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Pristiophorus japonicus</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">18430</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">44.5</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">10-May-14</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="7" rowspan="1">Hexanchiformes</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA226134">PRJNA226134</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_022732.1">NC_022732.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/AB560490.1">AB560490.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Hexanchus griseus</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">17223</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">36.3</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">29-Oct-13</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA226149">PRJNA226149</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_022733.1">NC_022733.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/AB560491.1">AB560491.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Hexanchus nakamurai</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">18605</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">36.3</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">29-Oct-13</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA226155">PRJNA226155</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_022730.1">NC_022730.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/AB560488.1">AB560488.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Heptranchias perlo</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">18909</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">35.9</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">29-Oct-13</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA226147">PRJNA226147</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_022729">NC_022729.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/AB560487">AB560487.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Chlamydoselachus anguineus</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">17314</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">35</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">29-Oct-13</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA226123">PRJNA226123</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_022731.1">NC_022731.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/AB560489.1">AB560489.1</ext-link></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><italic>Notorynchus cepedianus</italic></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">16990</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">38.2</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">29-Oct-13</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><fn id="note-8"><p>*Metazoan Mitochondrial Genomes Accessible dataset Metamiga (
<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://amiga.cbmeg.unicamp.br/">http://amiga.cbmeg.unicamp.br/</ext-link>)</p></fn></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap></sec><sec><title>Chondrichthyan Tree of Life</title><p>Currently, molecular data for cartilaginous fishes is being collected as part of the Chondrichthyan Tree of Life project (
<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://sharksrays.org">http://sharksrays.org</ext-link>). The project website currently includes 5 elements: 1) an interactive phylogenetic tree
<sup><xref rid="ref-55" ref-type="bibr">55</xref></sup>; 2) scientific illustrations of specimens; 3) range information for all extant species; 4) interactive comparative anatomy through segmented CT scan data; and 5) DNA sequence for 1265 single copy orthologous genes
<sup><xref rid="ref-59" ref-type="bibr">59</xref></sup>. Project data will be available in public databases as well as through the project website once collection and analysis is complete (personal communication, Gavin Naylor, Medical University of South Carolina).</p></sec><sec><title>Protein databases</title><p>Given the improved technologies to characterize full-length transcripts using RNA-Seq, there are increasingly more protein sequence data for chondrichthyans. The UniProt Consortium, consists of groups from the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB) and the Protein Information Resource (PIR). The consortium maintains the UniProt Knowledgebase (UniProtKB), a comprehensive and standardized catalogue of protein sequences and functional annotation knowledgebase
<sup><xref rid="ref-60" ref-type="bibr">60</xref></sup>. Proteins with UniProtKB accessions are first automatically annotated, unreviewed UniProtKB/TrEMBL entries that progress to UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries following curator review. Among Chondrichthyes, there are 12 UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot and 20,170 UniProtKB/TrEMBL entries for holocephalans and 264 UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot and 6,299 UniProtKB/TrEMBL entries for elasmobranchs in Release 2014_07 of 09-Jul-2014 of the knowledgebase (
<xref ref-type="table" rid="T1">Table 1</xref>). An unidentified fin sample accounts for 16 UniProtKB/TrEMBL entries that are not included in either Holocephali or Elasmobranchii. PDB, an archive of protein macromolecular structural data, has 178 entries for Chondrichthyes, all elasmobranchs
<sup><xref rid="ref-61" ref-type="bibr">61</xref></sup>. Of these, 76% are derived from 2 species from a single family, Torpediniformes, the electric rays, and in total only 10 species are represented in PDB.</p><p>The distribution of data in NCBI databases, PDB, and UniProtKB for chondrichthyan orders is shown in
<xref ref-type="fig" rid="f4">Figure 4</xref>. When order Chimaeriformes is included (
<xref ref-type="fig" rid="f4">Figure 4A</xref>) the distributions are disproportionate due to the large volume of annotated sequence data from the elephant shark genome. The distributions are repeated exclusively for elasmobranchs. To understand if the data distribution is representative of the number of species in each order, a species distribution is included in each chart. A cladogram (
<xref ref-type="fig" rid="f4">Figure 4B</xref>) is linked to the chart legend and illustrates the phylogeny between chondrichthyan orders.</p><fig fig-type="figure" id="f4" orientation="portrait" position="float"><label>Figure 4. </label><caption><title>A survey of public data and phylogeny for chondrichthyan orders.</title><p><bold>A</bold>. The 14 orders of chondrichthyan fish and their relative distribution in public nucleotide and protein databases for Chondrichthyes and Elasmobranchii are shown individually. The species distribution for each Order and GenBank are similar indicating sequence data has been collected for a broad range of chondrichthyans. For Chondrichthyes, the elephant shark genome project data contributes the majority of the data in NCBI Gene, GenBank, Genome Survey Sequence (GSS), and the Short Reach Archive (SRA) databases. The NCBI GSS, GSS libraries, and Protein Data Bank (PDB) are the least diverse with representation of 1–6 of the 14 Orders. The color of each Order as represented in the bar chart is included in the cladogram key with left to right in the bar chart corresponding with top to bottom in the cladogram.
<bold>B</bold>. A cladogram of Chondrichthyes illustrates the phylogeny relationship between the 14 Orders. The color code associated with each Order appears consecutively in the bar chart.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="f1000research-3-5333-g0003"></graphic></fig></sec><sec><title>SkateBase</title><p>SkateBase (
<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://skatebase.org">http://skatebase.org</ext-link>) is the public portal for the little skate genome project and is a valuable collection of data and learning resources. The NEBC little skate genome project team hosted three week-long workshops and a mitochondrial genome annotation jamboree with the goal of using the project data to develop a bioinformatics aware workforce and foster collaborative and distributed big data research. The lecture materials and worked annotation examples are included at SkateBase for educational use (
<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://skatebase.org/workshops">http://skatebase.org/workshops</ext-link>). The project vitae contains an overview and timeline of the genome project effort along with key personnel, project related publications and presentations, the curation team, and citation information for researchers utilizing the resource in their publication. A Gene Table currently represents manually curated genes derived from workshops and curriculum with extensive annotation evidence. The number of gene entries will continue to grow through usage and expansion of the SkateBase educational modules. Plans to update the annotation interface to enable community annotation by domain experts is planned for the future.</p><p>SkateBase provides links to web resources with chondrichthyan data including the Chondrichthyan Tree of Life, Elephant Shark Genome Project (
<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://esharkgenome.imcb.a-star.edu.sg">http://esharkgenome.imcb.a-star.edu.sg</ext-link>), the first described genome for a chimaera
<sup><xref rid="ref-43" ref-type="bibr">43</xref></sup>, and Vertebrate TimeCapsule, (
<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://transcriptome.cdb.riken.go.jp/vtcap">http://transcriptome.cdb.riken.go.jp/vtcap</ext-link>), a project that aims to develop a gene database to represent evolution and development for vertebrates and currently includes transcriptome data for a hagfish (
<italic>Eptatretus burger</italic>), shark (
<italic>S. torazame</italic>) and birchir (
<italic>Polypterus senegalus</italic>)
<sup><xref rid="ref-62" ref-type="bibr">62</xref></sup>. SkateBase data is linked locally as well as from NCBI in the Gene Expression Omnibus (GSE26235), GenBank (AESE010000000) and Sequence Read Archive (SRA026856) to ensure convenient and easy access. A link to the American Elasmobranch Society (
<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.elasmo.org">http://www.elasmo.org</ext-link>), a non-profit organization with the mission of advancing the scientific study of living and fossil sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras and promoting education, conservation, and wise utilization of natural resources, connects domain scientists to the little skate genome project.</p><p>SkateBase data includes embryonic transcriptomes for three chondrichthyan species, a chimaera,
<italic>C. milii</italic>, a shark,
<italic>S. canicula</italic> and the little skate,
<italic>L. erinacea</italic> as well as the first draft of the little skate genome. The assembled skate genome sequence gave a single high-coverage contiguous sequence that represented the entire length of the mitochondrial genome. The mitochondrial genome was subsequently annotated as part of a Jamboree in 2011
<sup><xref rid="ref-63" ref-type="bibr">63</xref></sup>. The annotated sequence is represented by the NCBI Reference Sequence (RefSeq) project, accession NC_016429, and provides extensive information for each gene.</p><p>Whole embryos were used to build the transcriptome libraries available at SkateBase
<sup><xref rid="ref-35" ref-type="bibr">35</xref></sup>. Two
<italic>C. milii</italic> embryos, stage 32, were combined and used to build a chimaera library. The transcriptome library for
<italic>S. canicula</italic> was assembled from six pooled embryos, stages 24–30. The embryonic skate transcriptome library was assembled using six pooled embryos ranging in stage from 20–29. This combination of stages encompasses a large portion of the developmental period for these fishes and represents a catalog of genes important for organogenesis of all or part of every physiological system. Early developmental events are similar for nearly all elasmobranchs regardless of reproductive mode or adult body form enabling the data to be useful for more than just the specific species from where it was derived
<sup><xref rid="ref-64" ref-type="bibr">64</xref></sup>. Since all three embryonic transcriptomes contain a similar stage embryo direct comparison for temporal expression patterns is possible. Skatebase includes tools for data investigation, SkateBLAST, a sequence retrieval tool, Skate Contig Lookup, and genome browsers for three skate whole mitochondrial sequences,
<italic>L. erinacea</italic>, the thorny skate,
<italic>Amblyraja radiata,</italic> and, the ocellate spot skate,
<italic>Okamejei kenojei</italic>. Skatebase contains resources that can be used for teaching and research purposes. As an example, two use cases follow, one for sequence or homology based research and the other for education.</p></sec><sec><title>SkateBLAST</title><p>A common task for researchers is searching for genes of interest in a genome or transcriptome. Knowledge of the gene sequence at the DNA or RNA level is needed for many different studies, including phylogenetic analysis or designing primers for quantitative PCR gene expression studies. Here we describe the major steps necessary to identify relevant sequences for a gene of interest using the BLAST sequence similarity tool at SkateBase. SkateBase features a web interface to BLAST, named SkateBLAST, that builds upon the ViroBLAST package version 2.2
<sup><xref rid="ref-65" ref-type="bibr">65</xref></sup>, with custom modifications allowing parallel cluster-based execution of queries and enhanced display of results. The overall workflow consists of a) entering a query sequence and selecting the database to search; b) evaluating the alignments returned; c) retrieving the sequence from one of the SkateBLAST databases; and d) checking to make sure that the retrieved sequence aligns best to the query sequence. The following description provides a brief tutorial on the overall workflow while describing tools at SkateBase.</p><p><xref ref-type="fig" rid="f5">Figure 5</xref> demonstrates the use of SkateBLAST to find expressed sequences for the gene, suppressor of cytokine signaling 6 (
<italic>SOCS6</italic>).
<italic>SOCS6</italic> is a E3 ubiquitin ligase that interacts with c-KIT to suppress cellular proliferation through its SH2 domain
<sup><xref rid="ref-66" ref-type="bibr">66</xref></sup>. The first step to identify
<italic>SOCS6</italic> in the skate transcriptome begins with entering the protein sequence for human SOCS6 that was obtained from UniProt and searching this sequence against the skate transcriptome using the tblastn program. The next step is to evaluate the alignments to determine which transcriptome sequences best represent
<italic>SOCS6</italic>. When interpreting the pairwise alignments from SkateBlast as in any BLAST tool, it is important to examine: a) alignment statistics; b) alignment coverage; and c) presence of protein domains that you may expect to be conserved. The alignment statistics are reported to ascertain whether you would expect the given alignment by chance or not. There are three key alignment statistics, the expectation (E)-value, percent identity and alignment length. The E-value represents the probability that you would expect an alignment with that alignment score or better by random chance, thus the lower the E-value, the better the alignment. Conversely, the greater the percent identity (percent identical sequence) and alignment length, the more similar the two sequences are assumed to be. Alignment coverage with respect to the query or subject sequence (alignment length divided by the length of the query or subject sequence) can also be an important consideration, as low coverage suggests that important regions of one or both sequences may not be represented in the alignment. Finally, there may be particular sequence features, such as protein domains, that you would expect to find in the alignment. If those domains are missing, then it suggests that you have a partial or misleading alignment.</p><fig fig-type="figure" id="f5" orientation="portrait" position="float"><label>Figure 5. </label><caption><title>Example of using SkateBase and NCBI resources to find transcriptome data for SOCS6.</title><p><bold>A</bold>. SkateBLAST query form showing the four steps to align the UniProt sequence for human SOCS6 (O14544) against the skate embryonic transcriptome using tblastn. Step 1 is to enter the sequence in FASTA format. The second step is to choose the tblastn program that will align the query protein sequence against translated sequences in all six possible reading frames. The third step is to select the embryonic transcriptome as the sequence database to search. The fourth step is to launch the search.
<bold>B</bold>. The complete BLAST output can be accessed by clicking the “Inspect BLAST output” link at the top of the summary report page. This is necessary to examine the sequence alignments.
<bold>C</bold>. Four important fields in the output should be examined carefully to interpret the alignments and determine which returned alignment best represents the skate ortholog to SOCS6. First, the alignment score, E-value, alignment length and percent identity can be used to interpret the overall alignment significance. Alignment coverage with respect to the query protein sequence and the subject transcriptome sequence can be interpreted by comparing the alignment coordinates to the length of the query protein sequence and length of the transcriptome sequence. In this example, the entire query protein sequence is covered by this transcriptome sequence.
<bold>D</bold>. The SkateBase Contig Lookup tool can be used to retrieve the transcriptome sequence found in the SOCS6 tblastn search in FASTA format. Sequences from the skate genome assembly or the skate,
<italic>S. canicula</italic> or
<italic>C. milii</italic> transcriptome assemblies can be retrieved using this tool.
<bold>E</bold>. Output from the NCBI ORF Finder tool showing a 536aa ORF in the skate transcriptome contig that best represents SOCS6 (left). Alignment from blastx search of the skate transcriptome sequence (contig 15542) against human UniProt using NCBI BLAST to validate that the contig aligned best to human SOSC6 rather than another human gene.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="f1000research-3-5333-g0004"></graphic></fig><p>Once a transcriptome sequence of interest, such as contig15542, is identified in the SkateBLAST results, you must do a reciprocal search of that sequence against a database of protein sequences to confirm that the sequence aligns best to your gene of interest. You can retrieve the full sequence directly from the BLAST tool or using the Skate Contig Lookup tool (
<xref ref-type="fig" rid="f5">Figure 5D</xref>): a) specify the transcriptome that you had originally searched using SkateBLAST; b) enter the sequence identification or contig number is entered into the query box; and c) select the ‘GO’ button. The user can copy the returned sequence and use it for further exploration of sequence homology at NCBI or similar databases.</p></sec><sec><title>SkateBase classroom use case: teach concepts of gene and protein annotation</title><p>SkateBase includes valuable teaching resources derived from the project workshops on gene and protein annotation. Infrastructure for sequence annotation was developed and modules for use in teaching are available. Access to the teaching modules is through the Curator Access link from the homepage and permission is granted by request using the email link at the bottom of each page,
<email xlink:href="mailto:info@SkateBase.org">info@SkateBase.org</email>. Once successfully logged into the site, access to pre-computed blast results, guides and examples, annotation forms, and links to external tools helpful for sequence analysis are available. Gene annotation begins with a transcriptome contig identified through a SkateBlast search as illustrated above. The portion of the transcript that codes for protein is identified using an open reading frame or ORF finder tool. Annotation follows a workflow where complimentary sequences from the transcriptome and genome are aligned allowing annotation of both sequences using Sequence Ontology vocabulary
<sup><xref rid="ref-67" ref-type="bibr">67</xref></sup>. The evidence is recorded in an annotation form that records information about the annotator and sequences and includes a comment box for questions and comments between students and teachers or curators and annotators. The annotation form records the pairwise alignment of the transcriptome and genome contigs, notes concerning mismatches or gaps, as well as output from the ORF tool. The untranslated regions (UTR) at the beginning and end of each sequence, 5’UTR and 3’ UTR regions, as well as the intron/exon structure for the genomic contig and CDS for the transcriptomic contig are recorded in the Gene Annotation Form. When completing the Gene Annotation Form, the appropriate activity must be selected and can be customized to specify the user’s course ID, institution or workshop title to track annotation history. Protein annotation uses the rapid annotation interface for proteins, RACE-P, developed by the PIR. A UniProt accession number is required to initiate a new annotation form. The form is composed of 6 blocks of information, protein information, gene information, a bibliography, Gene Ontology (GO), computational analysis using tools such as Pfam
<sup><xref rid="ref-68" ref-type="bibr">68</xref></sup>, TMHMM
<sup><xref rid="ref-69" ref-type="bibr">69</xref></sup>, SignalP
<sup><xref rid="ref-70" ref-type="bibr">70</xref></sup>, COILS
<sup><xref rid="ref-71" ref-type="bibr">71</xref></sup>, NetPhos
<sup><xref rid="ref-72" ref-type="bibr">72</xref></sup> and EMBOSS
<sup><xref rid="ref-73" ref-type="bibr">73</xref></sup>, and protein family evidence.</p></sec><sec sec-type="discussion"><title>Discussion</title><p>The volume of data in GenBank continues to grow exponentially, doubling nearly every 18 months. The first sequences for chondrichthyes appeared in 1983 and the overall data trend for chondrichthyans is similar to all of GenBank with three exceptions. First, the rate of increase is less than GenBank. Second, the number of sequences deposited during the first decade of the 21
<sup>st</sup> century was nearly stagnant in comparison. Third, a large spike is observed in late 2012 attributed to the Elephant Shark Genome Project data (
<xref ref-type="fig" rid="f6">Figure 6</xref>). Molecular data is increasingly important for all aspects of research utilizing chondrichthyan fishes
<sup><xref rid="ref-74" ref-type="bibr">74</xref></sup>. It can be a forensic tool to understand species when fins are landed without carcass and ensure protected species and quotas are respected
<sup><xref rid="ref-75" ref-type="bibr">75</xref>–
<xref rid="ref-79" ref-type="bibr">79</xref></sup>. For migrating species molecular data serves as a surrogate to classical tagging data to understand population structure and range
<sup><xref rid="ref-80" ref-type="bibr">80</xref>–
<xref rid="ref-83" ref-type="bibr">83</xref></sup>. In studies of evolution, molecular data provides estimates of divergence time and supplements morphological and ecological traits as the basis for a phylogeny. The benefits and uses of molecular data for these fishes are limited only by the amount of data available. SkateBase provides the only genomic data publically available for an elasmobranch in addition to embryonic transcriptomes, data tools, and educational resources.</p><fig fig-type="figure" id="f6" orientation="portrait" position="float"><label>Figure 6. </label><caption><title>GenBank and WGS data trends for Chondrichthyes and all taxa.</title><p>GenBank is the National Institutes of Health (NIH) genetic sequence database and together with the DNA Databank of Japan (DDBJ) and the European Molecular Biological Laboratory (EMBL) comprise the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration (INSDC). The cumulative base pair total for all taxa as well as chondrichthyan only data are given versus time for GenBank and Whole Genome Shotgun (WGS) data. The Elephant Shark Genome Project is responsible for the spike in chondrichthyan GenBank in 2011. The little skate and elephant shark genome projects are currently the only two WGS datasets (yellow line).</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="f1000research-3-5333-g0005"></graphic></fig><p>Sequencing projects require significant funding and personnel commitments but generate a large amount of information that can be translated to knowledge by domain experts. The efficiency of this process is affected most by allowing the scientific community to access the data. The value of data sharing can be measured by the number of publications that result from its distribution. To date, 19 publications in peer-reviewed journals have used data derived from SkateBase (
<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://skatebase.org/vitae">http://skatebase.org/vitae</ext-link>). Molecular data are the means to investigate genes and develop reagents for gene expression studies by PCR or
<italic>in situ</italic> hybridization. Small scale sequencing efforts that generate limited or fragmented data often get deposited to hard disks and remain ‘buried’ and out of reach. Efforts to deposit this data at public sequence repositories are encouraged to build the foundation of data required to describe this dynamic and ancient clade of fishes. We invite investigators to contact the authors in an effort to survey the volume of private data available for potential distribution through SkateBase.</p><p>The transcriptome data at SkateBase serves as a platform to teach molecular techniques, technologies, and bioinformatics in the context of studying elasmobranchs. As next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies evolve it is important for scientists and students to understand how the sequence was generated and caveats of workflow for each data type in order to recognize errors and customize analysis algorithms. The educational materials and infrastructure at SkateBase have been used by University of Delaware, Georgetown University, MDI Biological Laboratory, University of Maine at Machias, University of Rhode Island, and most recently the Virginia Institute of Marine Science to teach gene and protein annotation concepts. We invite and look forward to continued expansion of the SkateBase educational platform as we refine the infrastructure and expand the data available for investigation through continued sequencing efforts.</p></sec></body><back><ack><title>Acknowledgements</title><p>The authors thank the North East Bioinformatics Collaborative of the North East Cyberinfrastructure Consortium and Karl Steiner and Steven Stanhope of DE-INBRE, Patricia Hand of ME-INBRE, and Judith VanHouten of VT-INBRE. We thank the Delaware Biotechnology Institute (DBI) for hosting the website, database and NECC Shared Data Center. We thank Karol Miaskiewicz for systems administration support and Gang Li and Zhiwen Li for web development. We thank Bruce Kingham and the DBI Sequencing and Genotyping Center. Sylvie Mazan, Alistair Dove, Dave Ebert, Cecelia Arighi, Qinghua Wang, James Sulikowski and Eric Haenni contributed data, samples, artwork or editorial comments. We thank Gavin Naylor and the Chondrichthyan Tree of Life project team including Lindsay Marshall (illustrations), Jason Davies (database, computational work, and visualizations), Will White and Peter Last (maps and taxonomy), Shannon Corrigan and Lei Yang (gene capture data), and Callie Crawford and Thomas Fussell (CT scanning and anatomy) for providing a description of the project scope.</p></ack><ref-list><ref id="ref-1"><label>1</label><mixed-citation publication-type="journal"><person-group person-group-type="author"><name><surname>Inoue</surname><given-names>JG</given-names></name><name><surname>Miya</surname><given-names>M</given-names></name><name><surname>Lam</surname><given-names>K</given-names></name><etal></etal></person-group>:
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Of the two, I would rather have seen more emphasis on SkateBase since the rate at which new data are being generated will make the survey data presented in the manuscript increasingly incomplete. Nevertheless I think it is a good paper worthy of publication and SkateBase seems to be a valuable resource.</p><p>Specific comments include:</p><p>Abstract – capitalize Sarcopterygii, Actinopterygii misspelled. Throughout the manuscript there are numerous inconsistencies in capitalization, e.g. “order Chimaeriformes” and “Fish barcode of life (FISH-BOL) a working group of the International Barcode of Life Project (iBOL)” both on page 8.</p><p>Introduction – In the first sentence replace “Chondrichthyan fishes” with “Living chondrichthyan fishes.”</p><p>Paragraph 2 – The text implies that the only benefits of chondrichthyans are ecotourism and fisheries. Perhaps a mention of ecological services (e.g. food-web dynamics) or other benefits of chondrichthyan conservation would be appropriate here.</p><p>Paragraph 4 – “asexual” parthenogenesis seems redundant.</p><p>Paragraph 5 – perhaps some more details on the distribution, life history, reproductive mode, genome size etc. of little skate is in order. Why is the geographic location of the species relevant?</p><p>Figure 1 is hard for me to decipher. I can’t figure out what the two separate outer rings indicate and why the spacing between them is different for the orders vs. the families, genera, and species. I really think this figure is too complex and tries to cram too much information that is peripheral to the goals of the paper into a single figure. I may be old fashioned, but I think a table that listed the numbers of families, genera, and species would have been sufficient. There also needs to be a citation on the source of the information as the taxonomy and number of recognized species of chondrichthyans is changing. </p><p>Figure 4B – A citation is needed for the cladogram.</p><p>I have read this submission. I believe that I have an appropriate level of expertise to confirm that it is of an acceptable scientific standard.</p></body></sub-article><sub-article id="report5793" article-type="peer-review"><front-stub><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5256/f1000research.5333.r5793</article-id><title-group><article-title>Referee response for version 1</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Feldheim</surname><given-names>Kevin</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="r5793a1">1</xref><role>Referee</role></contrib><aff id="r5793a1"><label>1</label>Pritzker Laboratory for Molecular Systematics and Evolution, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA</aff></contrib-group><author-notes><fn fn-type="conflict"><p><bold>Competing interests: </bold>No competing interests were disclosed.</p></fn></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>26</day><month>8</month><year>2014</year></pub-date><related-article id="d35e9396" related-article-type="peer-reviewed-article" ext-link-type="doi" xlink:href="10.12688/f1000research.4996.1">Version </related-article><custom-meta-group><custom-meta><meta-name>recommendation</meta-name><meta-value>approve</meta-value></custom-meta></custom-meta-group></front-stub><body><p>The authors describe a publicly accessible database SkateBase, a public site for the little skate genome project. This paper is well written, and I have just a few comments and suggestions:</p><p>
<list list-type="bullet"><list-item><p>Why was the little skate picked for genome size? Is it small and manageable? Is it a typical size compared to other chondrichthyans?</p></list-item><list-item><p>Page 3, 1
<sup>st</sup> column: change “compliance with fishing quotas” to “maintain compliance with fishing quotas”.</p></list-item><list-item><p>Page 3, 2
<sup>nd</sup> column: Heterodontiformes is misspelled (Heterdontiformes).</p></list-item><list-item><p>Page 3, 2
<sup>nd</sup> column: Lamniformes is misspelled (Lamniormes).</p></list-item><list-item><p>Page 3, under “Existing resources” I suggest including Chimaeriformes here as well.</p></list-item><list-item><p>Page 7:
<italic>Heterodontus</italic> is misspelled (
<italic>Heterdontus</italic>).</p></list-item><list-item><p>Page 8: species name for hagfish should be
<italic>burgeri</italic> (not
<italic>burger</italic>).</p></list-item><list-item><p>Page 8: The last three sentences under the “Protein databases” section can be incorporated into the legend for Figure 4.</p></list-item><list-item><p>Page 8: bichir is misspelled (birchir).</p></list-item><list-item><p>Page 8: change “SkateBase data is linked” to “SkateBase data are linked” and “SkateBase data includes” to “SkateBase data include”.</p></list-item><list-item><p>Page 19, 1
<sup>st</sup> column: change “this data” to “these data”.</p></list-item></list> </p><p>Figures and Tables:</p><p>
<list list-type="bullet"><list-item><p>In the figure 1 legend — most of this information is stated in the text. I suggest keeping the sentence: “The distribution of chondrichthyan species in each of the 14 orders is shown relative to the total number of species, genera and families for the clade.” I also suggest explaining the figure in a little more detail. What do the numbers mean? Do the colors represent anything?</p></list-item><list-item><p>Figure 2 legend: “is” should not be italicized.</p></list-item><list-item><p>Table 1: What do the numbers in the columns mean? Are these numbers of entries?</p></list-item><list-item><p>Table 2: Contigs for
<italic>L. erinacea </italic>is 2,62,265. Also, under N50, change 1466 to 1,466.</p></list-item><list-item><p>Figure 4: It is difficult to tell apart colors for the following pairs:</p><p>
<list list-type="bullet"><list-item><p>Squatiniformes and Carcharhiniformes</p></list-item><list-item><p>Lamniformes and Myliobatiformes</p></list-item><list-item><p>Chimaeriformes and Rajiiformes</p></list-item></list></p></list-item><list-item><p>This can be rectified by using black, white and yellow for three of the above orders in the figure.</p></list-item><list-item><p>Figure 5 legend: I suggest changing “Four important fields in the output should be examined carefully to interpret the alignments and determine which returned alignment best represents the skate ortholog to SOCS6. First, the alignment score, E-value, alignment length and percent identity can be used to interpret the overall alignment significance.” to “Four important fields in the output should be examined carefully to interpret the alignments: the alignment score, E-value, alignment length and percent identity.”</p></list-item></list></p><p>I have read this submission. I believe that I have an appropriate level of expertise to confirm that it is of an acceptable scientific standard.</p></body></sub-article></pmc></record>Pour manipuler ce document sous Unix (Dilib)
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