Chromosome-level genome assembly and annotation of the kuruma shrimp Marsupenaeus japonicus
Yiming Wei, Hao Xu, Zhixiong Zhou, Panpan Wang, Wenzhi Cheng, Huiyang Huang, Shaoxiong Ding, Yong Mao · 2025
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Description
Yiming Wei and his seven co-authors, publishing in 2025, present the full genome of the kuruma shrimp, one of the world's most valuable farmed shrimp. The team combined three sequencing technologies: long reads for span, short reads for accuracy, and a chromosome-contact method for ordering. The finished assembly runs 1.64 billion letters, with nearly 98 percent placed on 43 chromosomes.
About 63 percent of the genome is repetitive sequence. Within it sit 21,172 protein-coding genes, and over 83 percent could be assigned a likely function. A standard completeness check scored 91 percent. Family tree analysis places the species close to two other farmed shrimps, splitting from their shared ancestor about 88 million years ago. The authors offer the genome as a foundation for breeding programs and for studies of how the animal's biology works.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yiming Wei, Hao Xu, Zhixiong Zhou, Panpan Wang, Wenzhi Cheng, Huiyang Huang, Shaoxiong Ding, Yong Mao |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 24 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |