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ArticleG3 (Bethesda, Md.)2024

Improved assembly of the Pungitius pungitius reference genome.

Dandan Wang, Pasi Rastas, Xueling Yi, Ari Löytynoja, Mikko Kivikoski, Xueyun Feng, Kerry Reid, Juha Merilä

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Dandan WangArea of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong SAR.ORCID 0000-0001-7548-7050
Pasi RastasInstitute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-2768-1339
Xueling YiArea of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong SAR.ORCID 0000-0003-4860-7429
Ari LöytynojaInstitute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-5389-6611
Mikko KivikoskiEcological Genetics Research Unit, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-7105-651X
Xueyun FengInstitute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-6705-9929
Kerry ReidArea of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong SAR.ORCID 0000-0001-5653-9935
Juha MeriläArea of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong SAR.ORCID 0000-0001-9614-0072

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National Natural Science Foundation of China N_HKU763/21
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Abstract

The nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) has been increasingly used as a model system in studies of local adaptation and sex chromosome evolution but its current reference genome assembly is far from perfect, lacking distinct sex chromosomes. We generated an improved assembly of the nine-spined stickleback reference genome (98.3% BUSCO completeness) with the aid of linked-read mapping. While the new assembly (v8) was of similar size as the earlier version (v7), we were able to assign 4.4 times more contigs to the linkage groups and improve the contiguity of the genome. Moreover, the new assembly contains a ∼22.8 Mb Y-linked scaffold (LG22) consisting mainly of previously assigned X-contigs, putative Y-contigs, putative centromere contigs, and highly repetitive elements. The male individual showed an even mapping depth on LG12 (pseudo X chromosome) and LG22 (Y-linked scaffold) in the segregating sites, suggesting near-pure X and Y representation in the v8 assembly. A total of 26,803 genes were annotated, and about 33% of the assembly was found to consist of repetitive elements. The high proportion of repetitive elements in LG22 (53.10%) suggests it can be difficult to assemble the complete sequence of the species' Y chromosome. Nevertheless, the new assembly is a significant improvement over the previous version and should provide a valuable resource for genomic studies of stickleback fishes.

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GenomeSmegmamorphaAnimalsChromosome MappingContig MappingFemaleGenetic LinkageGenomicsMaleMolecular Sequence AnnotationRepetitive Sequences, Nucleic AcidSex ChromosomesGasterosteus aculeatusgenome assemblynine-spined sticklebackrepetitive elementssex chromosomes

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