Titel (eng)

A chromosome-scale reference genome assembly of the great sand eel, Hyperoplus lanceolatus

Autor*in

Sven Winter   University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna / Goethe University Frankfurt / Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre

Axel Janke   Goethe University Frankfurt / Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre / LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics

Maria Anna Nilsson   Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre / LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics

Moritz Sonnewald   Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre

Christian Wenz   Goethe University Frankfurt

Emmanuel Kipruto Ngetich   Goethe University Frankfurt

Tim Milz   Goethe University Frankfurt

Aaron Hagen Kauffeldt   Goethe University Frankfurt

Wiebke Hanack   Goethe University Frankfurt

Behgol Pashm Foroush   Goethe University Frankfurt

Katharina Bach   Goethe University Frankfurt

Jordi de Raad   Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre / LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics

Magnus Wolf   Goethe University Frankfurt / Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre

Raphael T. F. Valente   Goethe University Frankfurt / Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre

Menno J. de Jong   Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre

Yannis Schöneberg   Goethe University Frankfurt / Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre

Maria Christoph   Goethe University Frankfurt

Hagen von Klopotek   Goethe University Frankfurt

Verlag

Oxford University Press

Beschreibung (eng)

Despite increasing sequencing efforts, numerous fish families still lack a reference genome, which complicates genetic research. One such understudied family is the sand lances (Ammodytidae, literally: "sand burrower"), a globally distributed clade of over 30 fish species that tend to avoid tidal currents by burrowing into the sand. Here, we present the first annotated chromosome-level genome assembly of the great sand eel (Hyperoplus lanceolatus). The genome assembly was generated using Oxford Nanopore Technologies long sequencing reads and Illumina short reads for polishing. The final assembly has a total length of 808.5 Mbp, of which 97.1% were anchored into 24 chromosome-scale scaffolds using proximity-ligation scaffolding. It is highly contiguous with a scaffold and contig N50 of 33.7 and 31.3 Mbp, respectively, and has a BUSCO completeness score of 96.9%. The presented genome assembly is a valuable resource for future studies of sand lances, as this family is of great ecological and commercial importance and may also contribute to studies aiming to resolve the suprafamiliar taxonomy of bony fishes.

Sprache des Objekts

Englisch

Datum

2023

Rechte

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CC BY-NC 4.0 - Creative Commons Namensnennung - Nicht-kommerziell 4.0 International Lizenz.

CC BY-NC 4.0 International

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Klassifikation

Ammodytidae; Eupercaria; Omni-C; Oxford Nanopore; Proximity-ligation Scaffolding; Interproscan; Accurate

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