Genome assembly of the mind-controlling fly pathogen E. muscae via 10x Genomics
Carolyn Elya
Monday, April 3, 2017
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Chapters
Introduction
How do microbes manipulate animal behavior?
Once upon a fendel…
Entomophthora muscae: the zombie fly fungus
Step 1) Fungus lands on fly
Step 2) Fungus grows in fly
Step 3) Fungus induces unusual behaviors immediately preceding death
Step 4) Fungus kills fly
Step 5) Fungus leaves fly in search of new host
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Sequencing the E. muscae genome
Sequencing the E. muscae genome cont.
DNA extraction
Initial sequencing attempts
Initial sequencing attempts cont.
Sequencing with 10x Genomics
Assembly issues
Comparison of Supernova assemblies: Input
Comparison of Supernova assemblies: Output
Features of assembly
Features of assembly cont.
Next steps: Improving 10x assembly
Conclusions
Questions
Zombie enablers
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