Genome Assembly of a Relict Arabian Species of Daphnia O. F. Muller (Crustacea: Cladocera) Adapted to the Desert Life.

ABSTRACT: The water flea Daphnia O.F. Müller 1776 (Crustacea: Cladocera) is an important model of recent evolutionary biology. Here, we report a complete genome of Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) arabica (Crustacea: Cladocera), recently described species endemic to deserts of the United Arab Emirates. In this study, genome analysis of D. arabica was carried out to investigate its genomic differences, complexity as well as its historical origins within the subgenus Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia). Hybrid genome assembly of D. arabica resulted in ~116 Mb of the assembled genome, with an N50 of ~1.13 Mb (BUSCO score of 99.2%). From the assembled genome, in total protein coding, 5374 tRNA and 643 rRNA genes were annotated. We found that the D. arabica complete genome diffe

SUBMITTER: Hamza W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9820869 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature