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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:
Chordata
Estimated genome size:
749 Million DNA base pairs (0,749 Gigabases)
Organism size:
6 - 7 cm
Distribution:
The Rocky kurper is a South African endemic, occurring in the Kowie, Great Fish, Buffalo, Keiskamma and Nahoon River systems.
PromethION Sequencing Report:
Output:
~72 Gigabases
Approximate N50:
4,68 kilobases
Sandelia bainsii
Rocky kurper
Draft Genome Assembly Statistics:
Genome Length:
0,64 Giga bases
BUSCO completeness score (single and duplicated genes):
99,6%
Importance:
Used commercially as aquarium fish. Due to human impacts on riverine systems and the fact that it is preyed upon by introduced predators such as bass and sharptooth catfish, the Rocky kurper is listed as Endangered on IUCN Redlist. This is the first species in this genus to have its genome sequenced.
Photo credit:
© P. Skelton
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