title: Ostracod (Ostracoda, Crustacea) genomics - Promises and challenges.
abstract: Ostracods are well-suited model organisms for evolutionary research. Classic genetic techniques have mostly been used for phylogenetic studies on Ostracoda and were somewhat affected by the lack of large numbers of suitable markers. Genomic methods with their huge potential have so far rarely been applied to this group of crustaceans. We provide relevant examples of genomic studies on other organisms to propose future avenues of genomic ostracod research. At the same time, we suggest solutions to the potential problems in ostracods that the application of genomic techniques might present.
authors.affiliation: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, OD Nature, ATECO, Freshwater Biology, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium; University of Hasselt, Research Group Zoology, Agoralaan Building D, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. Electronic address: isa.schoen@naturalsciences.be.
authors.forename: Isa
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schön
authors.affiliation: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, OD Nature, ATECO, Freshwater Biology, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium; University of Ghent, Department of Biology, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Koen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Martens
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003445:Crustacea / Q000235:genetics*; D016678:Genome; D023281:Genomics / Q000639:trends
keywords: Evolution; Genomics; Mitochondrial DNA; Ostracoda; Phylogeny; Transcriptome