@article {640791,
	title = {The Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance (GIGA): developing community resources to study diverse invertebrate genomes},
	journal = {J Hered},
	volume = {105},
	number = {1},
	year = {2014},
	note = {<p>Bracken-Grissom, HeatherCollins, Allen GCollins, TimothyCrandall, KeithDistel, DanielDunn, CaseyGiribet, GonzaloHaddock, StevenKnowlton, NancyMartindale, MarkMedina, MonicaMessing, CharlesO{\textquoteright}Brien, Stephen JPaulay, GustavPutnam, NicolasRavasi, TimothyRouse, Greg WRyan, Joseph FSchulze, AnjaWorheide, GertAdamska, MajaBailly, XavierBreinholt, JesseBrowne, William EDiaz, M ChristinaEvans, NathanielFlot, Jean-FrancoisFogarty, NicoleJohnston, MatthewKamel, BishoyKawahara, Akito YLaberge, TammyLavrov, DennisMichonneau, FrancoisMoroz, Leonid LOakley, ToddOsborne, KarenPomponi, Shirley ARhodes, AdelaideSantos, Scott RSatoh, NoriThacker, Robert WVan de Peer, YvesVoolstra, Christian RWelch, David MarkWinston, JudithZhou, XinengR01 MH097062/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t2013/12/18 06:00J Hered. 2014 Jan-Feb;105(1):1-18. doi: 10.1093/jhered/est084.</p>},
	month = {Jan-Feb},
	pages = {1-18},
	abstract = {<p>Over 95\% of all metazoan (animal) species comprise the "invertebrates," but very few genomes from these organisms have been sequenced. We have, therefore, formed a "Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance" (GIGA). Our intent is to build a collaborative network of diverse scientists to tackle major challenges (e.g., species selection, sample collection and storage, sequence assembly, annotation, analytical tools) associated with genome/transcriptome sequencing across a large taxonomic spectrum. We aim to promote standards that will facilitate comparative approaches to invertebrate genomics and collaborations across the international scientific community. Candidate study taxa include species from Porifera, Ctenophora, Cnidaria, Placozoa, Mollusca, Arthropoda, Echinodermata, Annelida, Bryozoa, and Platyhelminthes, among others. GIGA will target 7000 noninsect/nonnematode species, with an emphasis on marine taxa because of the unrivaled phyletic diversity in the oceans. Priorities for selecting invertebrates for sequencing will include, but are not restricted to, their phylogenetic placement; relevance to organismal, ecological, and conservation research; and their importance to fisheries and human health. We highlight benefits of sequencing both whole genomes (DNA) and transcriptomes and also suggest policies for genomic-level data access and sharing based on transparency and inclusiveness. The GIGA Web site (http://giga.nova.edu) has been launched to facilitate this collaborative venture.</p>},
	keywords = {*Genome, Animals, Biodiversity, Biological Evolution, comparative genomics, consortium, Evolution, Genomics/*methods, Giga, Invertebrates, Invertebrates/*classification/*genetics, metazoa, Organizations, Phylogeny},
	isbn = {1465-7333 (Electronic)0022-1503 (Linking)},
	author = {Bracken-Grissom, H. and Collins, A. G. and Collins, T. and Crandall, K. and Distel, D. and Dunn, C. and Giribet, G. and Haddock, S. and Knowlton, N. and Martindale, M. and Medina, M. and Messing, C. and O{\textquoteright}Brien, S. J. and Paulay, G. and Putnam, N. and Ravasi, T. and Rouse, G. W. and Ryan, J. F. and Schulze, A. and Worheide, G. and Adamska, M. and Bailly, X. and Breinholt, J. and Browne, W. E. and Diaz, M. C. and Evans, N. and Flot, J. F. and Fogarty, N. and Johnston, M. and Kamel, B. and Kawahara, A. Y. and Laberge, T. and Lavrov, D. and Michonneau, F. and Moroz, L. L. and Oakley, T. and Osborne, K. and Pomponi, S. A. and Rhodes, A. and Santos, S. R. and Satoh, N. and Thacker, R. W. and Van de Peer, Y. and Voolstra, C. R. and Welch, D. M. and Winston, J. and Zhou, X.}
}
