Draft genome of the protandrous Chinese black porgy, Acanthopagrus schlegelii

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第一作者： Zhang, Zhiyong

作者： Zhang, Zhiyong;Chen, Shuyin;Zhang, Zhiwei;Xu, Jin;Jia, Chaofeng;Zhu, Fei;Liu, Hailin;Shen, Dehua;Ren, Zhonghong;Zhang, Kai;Qiang, Jun;Li, Hongxia;Xu, Pao;Zhang, Kai;You, Xinxin;Bian, Chao;Chen, Jieming;Gu, Ruobo;Xu, Junmin;Shi, Qiong;Zhang, Kai;Shi, Qiong;Zhang, Jinyong;Bian, Chao;Gu, Ruobo;Xu, Junmin;Shi, Qiong;Gao, Tianheng

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关键词： Chinese black porgy; Acanthopagrus schlegelii; whole genome sequencing; genome assembly; sex change-related genes

期刊名称：GIGASCIENCE （ 影响因子：6.524； 五年影响因子：8.702 ）

ISSN： 2047-217X

年卷期： 2018 年 7 卷 4 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Background: As one of the most popular and valuable commercial marine fishes in China and East Asian countries, the Chinese black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegelii), also known as the blackhead seabream, has some attractive characteristics such as fast growth rate, good meat quality, resistance to diseases, and excellent adaptability to various environments. Furthermore, the black porgy is a good model for investigating sex changes in fish due to its protandrous hermaphroditism. Here, we obtained a high-quality genome assembly of this interesting teleost species and performed a genomic survey on potential genes associated with the sex-change phenomenon. Findings: We generated 175.4 gigabases (Gb) of clean sequence reads using a whole-genome shotgun sequencing strategy. The final genome assembly is approximately 688.1 megabases (Mb), accounting for 93% of the estimated genome size (739.6 Mb). The achieved scaffold N50 is 7.6 Mb, reaching a relatively high level among sequenced fish species. We identified 19 465 protein-coding genes, which had an average transcript length of 17.3 kb. By performing a comparative genomic analysis, we found 3 types of genes potentially associated with sex change, which are useful for studying the genetic basis of the protandrous hermaphroditism. Conclusions: We provide a draft genome assembly of the Chinese black porgy and discuss the potential genetic mechanisms of sex change. These data are also an important resource for studying the biology and for facilitating breeding of this economically important fish.

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