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Phylum:
Chordata
Estimated genome size:
80-120 cm
Organism size:
80-120 cm
Distribution:
Majority of Zulu sheep are kept kept by rural farmers in the Kwa-Zulu
Natal province of South Africa as a source for income and affordable
protein.
PromethION Sequencing Report:
Output:
60.89 Gigabases
Approximate N50:
12.1 kilobases
Draft Genome Assembly Statistics:
Genome Length:
2.64 Gigabases
BUSCO completeness score (single and duplicated genes):
98.8%
Importance:
Zulu Sheep developed unique and specific adaptative traits to local
Southern African environments including tolerance to hot and humid
conditions, tolerance to local internal and external parasites, endurance,
and is immune to most local disease.
Phylum:
Tracheophyta
Estimated genome size:
768 million DNA base pairs (0.76 Gigabases)
Organism size:
15 cm
Distribution:
Knersvlakte
PromethION Sequencing Report:
Output:
78.56 Gigabases
Approximate N50:
5.57 kilobases
Oxalis ericifolia
Heathleaf Sorrel
Draft Genome Assembly Statistics:
Genome Length:
0.28 Gigabases
BUSCO completeness score (single and duplicated genes):
98.8%
Importance:
This species was first found in the 1940's, but only recently rediscovered
and formally named. It is one of the most naturally rare South African
Oxalis - this habitat specialist is known from a single rocky outcrop
(Extent of Occurrence estimated at less than three hectares), but is not
currently known to be threatened.
Sample Contributor contact details
Dr Kenneth Oberlander
University of Pretoria
Photo credit:
© G. Stafford
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