A reference genome for Bluegill (Centrarchidae: Lepomis macrochirus).

ABSTRACT: North American sunfishes (Family Centrarchidae) are among the most popular sportfish throughout the United States and Canada. Despite the popularity of sunfishes, their ecological importance, and their extensive stocking and aquacultural history, few molecular studies have examined the evolutionary relationships and species boundaries among members of this group, many of which are known to hybridize. Here, we describe a chromosome-scale genome assembly representing Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), one of the most widespread centrarchid species. By combining long-read, Oxford Nanopore sequencing data with short-insert, whole-genome and HiC sequence reads, we produced an assembly (Lm_LA_1.1) having a total length of 889 Mb including 1,841 scaffolds and having a scaffold N50 of 36 Mb, L50 of 1

SUBMITTER: Ludt WB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9997549 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature