Chromosome-level genome assembly and annotation of the camouflage grouper (Epinephelus polyphekadion)
Haoyi Li, Yiqun Liu, Mingguang Mao, Yunxiang Mao · 2024
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Description
Haoyi Li and co-authors present the first reference genome of the camouflage grouper, a food fish of the Indo-Pacific. No trustworthy genome existed for this species, which slowed biology and breeding work. Using long-read sequencing plus a chromosome-contact method, the team assembled 1.1 billion DNA letters with continuity. Nearly all of it anchored into twenty-four chromosome-like pieces. They predicted twenty-five thousand protein-coding genes and annotated almost ninety-eight percent of them.
Completeness checks scored the assembly at ninety-nine percent. The authors offer the genome as infrastructure: a reference for studying grouper evolution and breeding farmed groupers, including hybrid programs. Groupers are high-value and slow-growing, so genetic improvement matters. A chromosome-level map lets conservation scientists measure wild diversity. The paper is a resource announcement, and its worth will be set by the studies it enables.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Haoyi Li, Yiqun Liu, Mingguang Mao, Yunxiang Mao |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 15 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |