The sequencing and the analysis of the genome of Dictyostelium discoideum
is an international collaboration between the University
of Cologne, Germany (Cologne), the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology
in Jena, Germany (Jena), the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, USA
(Baylor), the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France (Pasteur), and the Sanger Centre in Hinxton, England (Sanger). The methodology
used for sequencing the genome is shotgun sequencing of separated chromosomes.
All parties contribute in sequencing chromosome 6 (app. 4 Mb), Baylor and Sanger collaborate in sequencing chromosomes 4 and 5 (app. 6.2 and 5.3 Mb) and Jena and Cologne are concentrating on chromosomes 1, 2 and 3 (app. 5.5, 7 and 5.3 Mb respectively). See our STRATEGY page for information on the strategy as well as clone and assembly resources.