Chromosome-level haplotype-resolved genome assembly of the giant honeycomb oyster, Hyotissa hyotis
摘要
The giant honeycomb oyster, Hyotissa hyotis, a common bivalve inhabitant of tropical and subtropical coastal waters, holds significant ecological and economic importance due to its shell characteristics, rapid growth, and high-quality adductor muscle. However, the lack of high-quality genome has impeded the genetic study and artificial breeding of this species. In this study, we provided the first chromosomal-level haplotype-resolved assembly for the H. hyotis (2n = 20) by combining PacBio HiFi long-read and Hi-C sequencing. We obtained a haplotype-resolved assembly of 3.39 Gb in size, of which 96.69% were anchored to 20 chromosomes. The haplotype A and B genome (HapA and HapB) was 1,639.90 and 1,643.23 Mb in size, respectively. Accordingly, a total of 28,720 and 29,003 protein-coding genes were annotated from HapA and HapB. Through the BUSCO evaluation, the assembly and annotation results exhibited the completeness value of 94.65% and 94.03% for HapA, while 94.13% and 92.98% for HapB. This high-quality genome assembly provides valuable resource for further genetic studies and genetic improvement of the group of oysters.