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Phylum:
Chordata
Estimated genome size:
65 cm TL
Organism size:
65 cm TL
Distribution:
Endemic to South Africa from the mouth of the Orange river through to KwaZulu-Natal. Adults inhabit inshore marine environments to 25 m depth, usually over sandy or mixed sand and rock shorelines. Juveniles have an obligatory estuarine dependent nursery phase.
P2Solo Sequencing Report:
Output:
85.8 Gigabases
Approximate N50:
6,39 kilobases
Draft Genome Assembly Statistics:
Genome Length:
728,93 Mb
BUSCO completeness score (single and duplicated genes):
99,3%
Importance:
An important reactional and subsistence food fish. Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Redlist.
Phylum:
Tracheophyta
Estimated genome size:
768 million DNA base pairs ( 0.76Gigabases)
Organism size:
15 cm
Distribution:
Vernal pools from Clanwilliam to Knersvlakte and Nieuwoudtville
escarpment.
PromethION Sequencing Report:
Output:
95 Gigabases
Approximate N50:
5.61 kilobases
Oxalis dines
Floating Sorrel
Draft Genome Assembly Statistics:
Genome Length:
0.25 Gigabases
BUSCO completeness score (single and duplicated genes):
100%
Importance:
This remarkable aquatic Oxalis only grows in seasonal pools that dry up in summer. It is only very distantly related to some of the other morphologically similar aquatic species, providing a wonderful example of convergent evolution in the South African flora.
Sample Contributor contact details
Dr Kenneth Oberlander
University of Pretoria
Photo credit:
© B. du Preez
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