show Abstracthide AbstractThe platyfish DNA for shotgun sequencing, and for BAC libraries, is derived from a single female (Xiphophorus maculates, Strain - JP 163 A, sample id: XMAC-090115_JP163A) from the laboratory of Dr. Ron Walter, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, USA. Fish have been mated and given rise to generation 105. Two brother-sister matings of the 105 generation have dropped broods from which the female was chosen for sequencing. These fish are bred and maintained at the: Xiphophorus Genetic Stock Center, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.