A near telomere-to-telomere phased genome assembly and annotation for the Australian central bearded dragon Pogona vitticeps.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps) is widely distributed in central eastern Australia and adapts readily to captivity. Among other attributes, it is distinctive because it undergoes sex reversal from ZZ genotypic males to phenotypic females at high incubation temperatures. Here, we report an annotated near telomere-to-telomere phased assembly of the genome of a female ZW central bearded dragon.

Results

Genome assembly length is 1.75 Gbp with a scaffold N50 of 266.2 Mbp, N90 of 28.1 Mbp, 26 gaps, and 42.2% GC content. Most (99.6%) of the reference assembly is scaffolded into 6 macrochromosomes and 10 microchromosomes, including the Z and W microchromosomes, corresponding to the karyotype. The genome assembly exceeds standard recommended by the Earth Biog

SUBMITTER: Patel HR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12360841 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature