title: Fish-T1K (Transcriptomes of 1,000 Fishes) Project: large-scale transcriptome data for fish evolution studies.
abstract: Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) represent more than 50 % of extant vertebrates and are of great evolutionary, ecologic and economic significance, but they are relatively underrepresented in 'omics studies. Increased availability of transcriptome data for these species will allow researchers to better understand changes in gene expression, and to carry out functional analyses. An international project known as the "Transcriptomes of 1,000 Fishes" (Fish-T1K) project has been established to generate RNA-seq transcriptome sequences for 1,000 diverse species of ray-finned fishes. The first phase of this project has produced transcriptomes from more than 180 ray-finned fishes, representing 142 species and covering 51 orders and 109 families. Here we provide an overview of the goals of this project and the work done so far.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275 China ; Shenzhen Key Lab of Marine Genomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Molecular Breeding in Marine Economic Animals, BGI, Shenzhen, 518083 China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Shenzhen Key Lab of Marine Genomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Molecular Breeding in Marine Economic Animals, BGI, Shenzhen, 518083 China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Shenzhen Key Lab of Marine Genomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Molecular Breeding in Marine Economic Animals, BGI, Shenzhen, 518083 China.
authors.forename: Xiaofeng
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authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560 USA.
authors.forename: Carole C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Baldwin
authors.affiliation: China Fisheries Association, Beijing, 100000 China.
authors.forename: Zhuocheng
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authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: China National Genebank, Shenzhen, 518083 China.
authors.forename: Zhixiang
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authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052 USA.
authors.forename: Keith A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Crandall
authors.affiliation: Shenzhen Key Lab of Marine Genomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Molecular Breeding in Marine Economic Animals, BGI, Shenzhen, 518083 China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Shenzhen Key Lab of Marine Genomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Molecular Breeding in Marine Economic Animals, BGI, Shenzhen, 518083 China.
authors.forename: Xiaomeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Shenzhen Key Lab of Marine Genomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Molecular Breeding in Marine Economic Animals, BGI, Shenzhen, 518083 China ; BGI-Zhenjiang Institute of Hydrobiology, Zhenjiang, 212000 China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: BGI-Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077 China.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Shenzhen Key Lab of Marine Genomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Molecular Breeding in Marine Economic Animals, BGI, Shenzhen, 518083 China.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.affiliation: Shenzhen Key Lab of Marine Genomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Molecular Breeding in Marine Economic Animals, BGI, Shenzhen, 518083 China.
authors.forename: Xinhui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Sanya Science and Technology Academy for Crop Winter Multiplication, Hainan, 572000 China.
authors.forename: Hai
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authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, 33004 USA.
authors.forename: Jose V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.affiliation: Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, 33004 USA.
authors.forename: Kirk
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kilfoyle
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275 China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052 USA.
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ortí
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, ASTAR, Singapore, 138673 Singapore.
authors.forename: Byrappa
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Venkatesh
authors.affiliation: Shenzhen Key Lab of Marine Genomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Molecular Breeding in Marine Economic Animals, BGI, Shenzhen, 518083 China ; BGI-Zhenjiang Institute of Hydrobiology, Zhenjiang, 212000 China ; College of Life Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060 China.
authors.forename: Qiong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005399:Fishes / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005843:Geography; D007391:International Cooperation; D012106:Research / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013045:Species Specificity; D059467:Transcriptome
keywords: Biodiversity; Database; Fish; Fish-T1K; RNA; Transcriptome