Atlantic Bluefin Tuna; Scombriformes; Thunnus thynnus; chromosomal; genome sequence; Medicine (miscellaneous); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all)
Abstract :
[en] We present a genome assembly from a specimen of Thunnus thynnus (Atlantic Bluefin Tuna; Chordata; Actinopteri; Scombriformes; Scombridae). The genome sequence has a total length of 799.05 megabases. Most of the assembly (99.17%) is scaffolded into 24 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 16.53 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 23,266 protein-coding genes.
Disciplines :
Zoology Genetics & genetic processes
Author, co-author :
Oomen, Rebekah A ; Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Brunswick Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada ; University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden ; Centre for Coastal Research, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway ; University of Oslo Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Cariani, Alessia; Department of Biological, Geological & Environmental Science, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Chavarie, Louise; Faculty of Environmental Science and Nature Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
Leone, Agostino ; Department of Biological, Geological & Environmental Science, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy ; Department of Earth and Marine Sciences (DiSTeM), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy ; National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy
Vella, Adriana ; Department of Biology, University of Malta, Msida, Malta
Vella, Noel ; Department of Biology, University of Malta, Msida, Malta
Hellström, Gustav; Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Brodin, Tomas; Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Sundelöf, Andreas; Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden ; Department of Aquatic Resources, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Blaxter, Mark ; Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, England, UK
Mc Cartney, Ann M; Genomics Institute, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA ; School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Formenti, Giulio ; The Vertebrate Genome Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA
Mouton, Alice ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement (Arlon Campus Environnement) > Socio-économie, Environnement et Développement (SEED)
Tinti, Fausto ; Department of Biological, Geological & Environmental Science, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Garibaldi, Fulvio; Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
Lundberg, Petter; Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Wellcome Trust EU - European Union NSERC - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council JSMF - James S McDonnell Foundation
Funding text :
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grant, Rebekah A. Oomen, Grant no. RGPIN-2024-06892New Brunswick Innovation Foundation Talent Recruitment Fund, Rebekah A. Oomen, Grant no. TRF_2024_007James S. McDonnell Foundation 21st Century Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Rebekah A. Oomen, Grant no. 220020556National Biodiversity Future Center Project funded by National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.4 and European Union \u2013 NextGenerationEU. Agostino Leone. Project code CN_00000033.This work was supported by Wellcome through core funding to the Wellcome Sanger Institute (220540).
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