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©2026 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.Nucella lapillus has been a focal organism of ecological and evolutionary studies on rocky shores for decades. As a direct developer, this species has limited dispersal but is broad geographic range makes it ideal for studies of population structure, isolation by distance, and selection across different environmental gradients. The fully annotated genome generated ~37X coverage and the genome assembly is 2.32 Gbp. Genomic resources for mollusks are relatively limited compared to other phyla and...
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Nucella lapillus is an important player in rocky shore food chains and has been a focal organism of ecological and evolutionary studies for decades. Despite poor dispersal, they have a broad geographic range, which makes them an ideal species to examine isolation by distance and selection across environmental gradients. A fully annotated genome of N. lapillus generated with Oxford Nanopore Techonology (ONT) sequencing at ∼37× coverage was described in detail in the following publication:
Ford, M. R., Vollmer, S. V., & Trussell, G. C. (2025). Annotated genome of the Atlantic dog whelk, Nucella lapillus. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 15(10). https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkaf182
This dataset provides information on the study and includes links to the genetic dataset at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Ford, M., Vollmer, S. V., Trussell, G. C. (2026). DRAFT: Annotated genome of the Atlantic dog whelk, Nucella lapillus. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2026-01-13 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/991343 [access date]
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