Open AccessChromosome-level reference genome of the jellyfish Rhopilema esculentum
Author(s) -
Yunfeng Li,
Lei Gao,
Yongjia Pan,
Meilin Tian,
Yulong Li,
Chongbo He,
Ying Dong,
Yamin Sun,
Zunchun Zhou
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/giaa036
Subject(s) - genome , jellyfish , biology , contig , sequence assembly , phylogenetic tree , genome size , evolutionary biology , genetics , chromosome , gene , genomics , computational biology , transcriptome , ecology , gene expression
Jellyfish belong to the phylum Cnidaria, which occupies an important phylogenetic location in the early-branching Metazoa lineages. The jellyfish Rhopilema esculentum is an important fishery resource in China. However, the genome resource of R. esculentum has not been reported to date.