Chromosome-level genome assembly of the Gerbera (Gerbera hybrida) using HiFi long-read and Hi-C technologies.

ABSTRACT: Gerbera hybrida is one of the most popular ornamental plants and also serves as a valuable model plant within the Asteraceae family. Here, we report both the nuclear and organellar genome assemblies and annotations of G. hybrida, which was developed through hybridization of 2 wild species. Sequencing was performed using a combination of PacBio high fidelity (HiFi) reads and chromatin capture reads (Omni-C). The total span of the nuclear genome assembly is 2.32 gigabases, and 99.3% of the sequence assembled into 25 scaffolds, consistent with the known chromosome number. Genome annotation of the nuclear genome identified 36,160 protein-coding genes and 11,572 non-coding transcripts. The mitochondrial genome had 363,511 bp and contains 36 protein-coding genes, 3 rRNAs, and 21 tRNAs, while the

SUBMITTER: Aoyagi YB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12916149 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature