About this Research Topic
The main objective of this Research Topic is to provide a forum to communicate recent research on high-quality genome assembly for fishery and aquaculture species, including the successful and not-so-successful cases. The consensus sequence of the assembly should be provided, and haplotype-aware assemblies should be explored, such as those regions that contain sex-determination genes. Issues that hamper the assembly of a high-quality genome, such as super large genome size and high percentage of repeats, are also welcomed. Genomic insights for improving germplasm, conservation, and understanding the evolutionary history of exploited species are of interest.
We welcome the following subtopics: (1) exploration of genomes, (2) application of genomic information for dissecting the special phenotype and evolution, microevolution, or macroevolution, (3) review of sequencing technologies, (4) comparison of genome assemblers, and (5) the tools for improving or assessing assembly quality.
Keywords: genome assembly, long read, chromosome-level, fishery, aquaculture
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