Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of the Viviparous Eelpout Zoarces viviparus.

ABSTRACT: The viviparous eelpout Zoarces viviparus is a common fish across the North Atlantic and has successfully colonized habitats across environmental gradients. Due to its wide distribution and predictable phenotypic responses to pollution, Z. viviparus is used as an ideal marine bioindicator organism and has been routinely sampled over decades by several countries to monitor marine environmental health. Additionally, this species is a promising model to study adaptive processes related to environmental change, specifically global warming. Here, we report the chromosome-level genome assembly of Z. viviparus, which has a size of 663 Mb and consists of 607 scaffolds (N50 = 26 Mb). The 24 largest represent the 24 chromosomes of the haploid Z. viviparus genome, which harbors 98% of the complete Ben

SUBMITTER: Fuhrmann N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11331339 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature