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Parasteatoda tepidariorum

Summary
Analysis
Assembly Stats
Other Information
Summary
Resource Type
Organism
Genus
Parasteatoda
Species
tepidariorum
Common Name
Common house spider
Description

This spider is the primary chelicerate model for evo/devo research in a growing number of labs worldwide. It is easy to culture, and a range of functional tools have been developed, including in situ hybridisation, embryonic and parental RNAi, and transient transformation. A number of transcriptome sequencing projects have been established.

As well as a powerful model for the evolution of development, this species has great potential for understanding other features of spider biology, including venom and silk production.

Data were generated by the Baylor College of Medicine's i5k pilot project.
Publication
  1. Thomas GWC, Dohmen E, Hughes DST, Murali SC, Poelchau M, Glastad K, Anstead CA, Ayoub NA, Batterham P, Bellair M, Binford GJ, Chao H, Chen YH, Childers C, Dinh H, Doddapaneni HV, Duan JJ, Dugan S, Esposito LA, Friedrich M, Garb J, Gasser RB, Goodisman MAD, Gundersen-Rindal DE, Han Y, Handler AM, Hatakeyama M, Hering L, Hunter WB, Ioannidis P, Jayaseelan JC, Kalra D, Khila A, Korhonen PK, Lee CE, Lee SL, Li Y, Lindsey ARI, Mayer G, McGregor AP, McKenna DD, Misof B, Munidasa M, Munoz-Torres M, Muzny DM, Niehuis O, Osuji-Lacy N, Palli SR, Panfilio KA, Pechmann M, Perry T, Peters RS, Poynton HC, Prpic NM, Qu J, Rotenberg D, Schal C, Schoville SD, Scully ED, Skinner E, Sloan DB, Stouthamer R, Strand MR, Szucsich NU, Wijeratne A, Young ND, Zattara EE, Benoit JB, Zdobnov EM, Pfrender ME, Hackett KJ, Werren JH, Worley KC, Gibbs RA, Chipman AD, Waterhouse RM, Bornberg-Bauer E, Hahn MW, Richards S. Gene content evolution in the arthropods.. Genome biology. 2020 01 23; 21(1):15.
  2. Schwager EE, Sharma PP, Clarke T, Leite DJ, Wierschin T, Pechmann M, Akiyama-Oda Y, Esposito L, Bechsgaard J, Bilde T, Buffry AD, Chao H, Dinh H, Doddapaneni H, Dugan S, Eibner C, Extavour CG, Funch P, Garb J, Gonzalez LB, Gonzalez VL, Griffiths-Jones S, Han Y, Hayashi C, Hilbrant M, Hughes DST, Janssen R, Lee SL, Maeso I, Murali SC, Muzny DM, Nunes da Fonseca R, Paese CLB, Qu J, Ronshaugen M, Schomburg C, Schönauer A, Stollewerk A, Torres-Oliva M, Turetzek N, Vanthournout B, Werren JH, Wolff C, Worley KC, Bucher G, Gibbs RA, Coddington J, Oda H, Stanke M, Ayoub NA, Prpic NM, Flot JF, Posnien N, Richards S, McGregor AP. The house spider genome reveals an ancient whole-genome duplication during arachnid evolution.. BMC biology. 2017 07 31; 15(1):62.
Organism Image
Image Credit
Patrick0Moran. View Source. CC-BY-SA-3.0
Analysis
NameProgramDate Constructed
Whole genome assembly of Parasteatoda tepidariorumBaylor College of Medicine genome assembly pipelineJul 16th, 2013
BCM annotation of the Parasteatoda tepidariorum assembly using Maker and additional analysesMAKERFeb 6th, 2014
Functional annotation of Parasteatoda tepidariorum Augustus gene set Primary Gene SetAgBase functional annotation pipelineMay 6th, 2022
Assembly Stats
Contig N50
10149
Scaffold N50
465572
GC Content
29.83
Other Information
Community Contact
Alistair McGregor, Durham University
Links
Parasteatoda tepidariorum @ Baylor College of Medicine
NCBI BioProject
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