Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly and Transcriptome Comparison Analysis of Cephalopholis sonnerati and Its Related Grouper Species.

ABSTRACT: The tomato hind, Cephalopholis sonnerati, is a bottom-dwelling coral reef fish, which is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific and Red Sea. C. sonnerati also features complex social structures and behaviour mechanisms. Here, we present a high-quality, chromosome-level genome assembly for C. sonnerati that was derived using PacBio sequencing and Hi-C technologies. A 1043.66 Mb genome with an N50 length of 2.49 Mb was assembled, produced containing 795 contigs assembled into 24 chromosomes. Overall, 97.2% of the complete BUSCOs were identified in the genome. A total of 26,130 protein-coding genes were predicted, of which 94.26% were functionally annotated. Evolutionary analysis revealed that C. sonnerati diverged from its common ancestor with E. lanceolatus

SUBMITTER: Xie Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9312885 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature