The genome of the mustard hill coral, Porites astreoides
Anthropogenic effects have contributed to substantial declines in coral reefs worldwide. However, some corals are more resilient to environmental changes and have increased in relative abundance, thus these species may shape future reef communities. Here, we provide the first draft refe...
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Anthropogenic effects have contributed to substantial declines in coral reefs worldwide. However, some corals are more resilient to environmental changes and have increased in relative abundance, thus these species may shape future reef communities. Here, we provide the first draft reference genome for the mustard hill coral, Porites astreoides, collected in Bermuda. DNA was sequenced via Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) HiFi long-read technology. PacBio read assembly with FALCON UnZip resulted in a 678-Mbp assembly with 3051 contigs with an N50 of 412,256 and the BUSCO completeness analysis resulted in 90.9% of the metazoan gene set. An ab initio transcriptome was also produced with 64,636 gene models with a transcriptome BUSCO completeness analysis of 77.5% versus the metazoan gene set. Functional annotation was completed for 86.6% of proteins. These data are valuable resources for improving biological knowledge of P. astreoides, facilitating comparative genomics for corals, and supporting evidence-based restoration and human-assisted evolution of corals.
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| spelling | doaj.art-13744ac7ec7a4e458a14703527dcdc022023-03-15T12:13:53ZengGigaScience PressGigaByte2709-47152022-07-0110.46471/gigabyte.65The genome of the mustard hill coral, Porites astreoidesKevin H. Wong 0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5893-8139Hollie M. Putnam 1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2322-3269University of Rhode Island, Department of Biological Sciences, USAUniversity of Rhode Island, Department of Biological Sciences, USA Anthropogenic effects have contributed to substantial declines in coral reefs worldwide. However, some corals are more resilient to environmental changes and have increased in relative abundance, thus these species may shape future reef communities. Here, we provide the first draft reference genome for the mustard hill coral, Porites astreoides, collected in Bermuda. DNA was sequenced via Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) HiFi long-read technology. PacBio read assembly with FALCON UnZip resulted in a 678-Mbp assembly with 3051 contigs with an N50 of 412,256 and the BUSCO completeness analysis resulted in 90.9% of the metazoan gene set. An ab initio transcriptome was also produced with 64,636 gene models with a transcriptome BUSCO completeness analysis of 77.5% versus the metazoan gene set. Functional annotation was completed for 86.6% of proteins. These data are valuable resources for improving biological knowledge of P. astreoides, facilitating comparative genomics for corals, and supporting evidence-based restoration and human-assisted evolution of corals. https://gigabytejournal.com/articles/65 |
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| title | The genome of the mustard hill coral, Porites astreoides |
| title_full | The genome of the mustard hill coral, Porites astreoides |
| title_fullStr | The genome of the mustard hill coral, Porites astreoides |
| title_full_unstemmed | The genome of the mustard hill coral, Porites astreoides |
| title_short | The genome of the mustard hill coral, Porites astreoides |
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| url | https://gigabytejournal.com/articles/65 |
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