{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Wang YT"],"funding":["National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)"],"pagination":["848"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10692071"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["The fruit fly Zeugodacus tau (Diptera: Tephritidae) is a major pest of melons and other cucurbits in Southeast Asia. In this study, we used Illumina, Nanopore, and Hi-C sequencing technologies to assemble a reference genome of Z. tau at the chromosomal level. The assembled genome was 421.79 Mb and consisted of six chromosomes (one X-chromosome + five autosomes). The contig N50 was 4.23 Mb. We identified 20,922 protein-coding genes, of which 17,251 (82.45%) were functionally annotated. Additionally, we found 247 rRNAs, 435 tRNAs, 67 small nuclear RNAs, and 829 small RNAs in the genome. Repetitive elements accounted for 55.30 Mb (13.15%) of the genome. This high-quality genome assembly is valuable for evolutionary and genetic studies of Z. tau and its relative species."],"journal":["Scientific data"],"pubmed_title":["Chromosome-level genome assembly of an agricultural pest Zeugodacus tau (Diptera: Tephritidae)."],"pmcid":["PMC10692071"],"funding_grant_id":["32102205"],"pubmed_authors":["Chen JC","Cao LJ","Ma WH","Yang JF","Chen HS","Zhang Y","Wang YT","Wei SJ","Tian ZY","Song W","Gao XY","Zhou ZS"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Chromosome-level genome assembly of an agricultural pest Zeugodacus tau (Diptera: Tephritidae).","description":"The fruit fly Zeugodacus tau (Diptera: Tephritidae) is a major pest of melons and other cucurbits in Southeast Asia. In this study, we used Illumina, Nanopore, and Hi-C sequencing technologies to assemble a reference genome of Z. tau at the chromosomal level. The assembled genome was 421.79 Mb and consisted of six chromosomes (one X-chromosome + five autosomes). The contig N50 was 4.23 Mb. We identified 20,922 protein-coding genes, of which 17,251 (82.45%) were functionally annotated. Additionally, we found 247 rRNAs, 435 tRNAs, 67 small nuclear RNAs, and 829 small RNAs in the genome. Repetitive elements accounted for 55.30 Mb (13.15%) of the genome. This high-quality genome assembly is valuable for evolutionary and genetic studies of Z. tau and its relative species.","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Dec","modification":"2025-04-25T17:29:16.219Z","creation":"2025-04-06T04:05:15.508Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10692071","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38040744"],"doi":["10.1038/s41597-023-02765-0"]}}