Chromosomal-level assembly of yellow catfish genome using third-generation DNA sequencing and Hi-C analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The yellow catfish, Pelteobagrus fulvidraco, belonging to the Siluriformes order, is an economically important freshwater aquaculture fish species in Asia, especially in Southern China. The aquaculture industry has recently been facing tremendous challenges in germplasm degeneration and poor disease resistance. As the yellow catfish exhibits notable sex dimorphism in growth, with adult males about two- to three-fold bigger than females, the way in which the aquaculture industry takes advantage of such sex dimorphism is another challenge. To address these issues, a high-quality reference genome of the yellow catfish would be a very useful resource.

Findings

To construct a high-quality reference genome for the yellow catfish, we generated 51.2 Gb short reads and 38.

SUBMITTER: Gong G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6228179 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature