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Chromosome-level genomes of hard clams Meretrix lamarckii (Deshayes, 1853) and Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758).

Sean Tsz Sum Law, Wenyan Nong, Ming Fung Franco Au, Leni Hiu Tung Cheung, Cheryl Wood Yee Shum, Shing Yip Lee, Siu Gin Cheung, Jerome Ho Lam Hui

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Sean Tsz Sum Law *School of Life Sciences, Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2613-1108
Wenyan Nong *School of Life Sciences, Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Ming Fung Franco AuSchool of Life Sciences, Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Leni Hiu Tung CheungSchool of Life Sciences, Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Cheryl Wood Yee ShumSchool of Life Sciences, Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Shing Yip LeeSimon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University Gold Coast campus, Southport, Qld, 4222, Australia. joesylee@cuhk.edu.hk.
Siu Gin CheungDepartment of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. bhsgche@cityu.edu.hk.
Jerome Ho Lam HuiSchool of Life Sciences, Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. jeromehui@cuhk.edu.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1355-8495

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The genus Meretrix contains marine bivalve molluscs commonly known as the Venus clams or hard clams, which can be found in the estuarine and marine habitats in Asia. Given their edibility, they have been exploited in clam digging activities and also been farmed in some places. Here, we provide two new high-quality genomes of species M. meretrix and M. lamarckii. Utilising a combination of PacBio HiFi and Omni-C sequencing technologies, genome assemblies of M. meretrix and M. lamarcki are obtained with sizes 835.1 Mb (scaffold N50 = 46 Mb) and 890.5 Mb (scaffold N50 = 46 Mb), respectively. More than 99% of sequences were anchored to 19 pseudochromosomes, and high completeness was also obtained estimated by BUSCO scores (~99.5%, mollusca_odb12). The two new genomic resources provided in this study will be useful for further understanding biology, ecology, and evolution of edible clams.

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