The genome of the land slug Deroceras laeve was sequenced, assembled up to the chromosome level, and annotated for non-coding RNAs and protein-coding genes. Due to the small size of this pulmonate species, ease of laboratory culture, cosmopolitan distribution, as well as recently released anatomical and histological resources, this genomic resource creates new opportunities for the investigation of the largely unexplored mechanisms of regeneration in mollusks. Moreover, it also makes this slug an attractive model for functional genomics and evolutionary biology.

CINVESTAV Unidad Irapuato Irapuato Guanajuato 36821 México

Department of Developmental Neurobiology and Neurophysiology Instituto de Neurobiología Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Querétaro Querétaro 76230 México

Laboratory of Epigenetic Regulations Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences 142 20 Prague 4 Czech Republic

Translational and Functional Genomics Branch National Human Genome Research Institute Bethesda MD 20892 United States

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