EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG PRODUCTION AT MDIBL

As of February 6, 2008

 

Crustaceans

 

Blue crab Callinectes sapidus

2,000

Lobster Homarus americanus multiple tissues

20,222

Green shore crab Carcinus maenas multiple tissues

15,558

Copepod Calanus finmarchicus whole organism

5,587

 

 

Elasmobranchs

 

Dogfish shark Squalus acanthias multiple tissues

15,095

Dogfish shark S. acanthias rectal gland*

11,643

Dogfish shark S. acanthias embryo—derived cell line*

5,824

Total dogfish ESTs

32,562

 

 

Little skate Leucoraja erinacea multiple tissues

5,706

Little skate L. erinacea liver

6,010

Little skate L. erinacea embryo tissues

5,600

Total skate ESTs

17,316

 

 

Teleost

 

Killifish Fundulus heteroclitus multiple tissues

5,663

 

 

TOTAL MDIBL-GENERATED ESTS AVAILABLE AT NCBI

96,908

* The embryo-derived cell line library, embryo tissue library, and 5,085 clones of the rectal gland library were sequenced externally, supported by a grant to D. Barnes.  All other sequencing was done at MDIBL, supported by INBRE and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.