Chromosome-level genome assembly of the female western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) | Zendy

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Chromosome-level genome assembly of the female western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)

Author(s) -

Feng Shao,

Arne Ludwig,

Yang Mao,

Ni Liu,

Zuogang Peng

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

gigascience

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.947

H-Index - 54

ISSN - 2047-217X

DOI - 10.1093/gigascience/giaa092

Subject(s) - biology , genome , sequence assembly , chromosome , genomics , gambusia , genetics , gene , reference genome , contig , model organism , evolutionary biology , transcriptome , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , gene expression

The western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) is a sexually dimorphic poeciliid fish known for its worldwide biological invasion and therefore an important research model for studying invasion biology. This organism may also be used as a suitable model to explore sex chromosome evolution and reproductive development in terms of differentiation of ZW sex chromosomes, ovoviviparity, and specialization of reproductive organs. However, there is a lack of high-quality genomic data for the female G. affinis; hence, this study aimed to generate a chromosome-level genome assembly for it.

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