A chromosome-level genome assembly of the mud carp (Cirrhinus molitorella)
摘要
Algal blooms, which have become increasingly prevalent worldwide over the past decade, significantly impact on water quality and aquatic organisms. Filter-feeding fish are used to control phytoplankton and improve the ecological quality of water bodies. Mud carp (Cirrhinus molitorella) is a freshwater cyprinid species that predominantly consumes algae. Here, we generated a high-quality chromosome-level assembly of C. molitorella by integrating PacBio and Hi-C sequencing strategies. The genome assembly is 1.05 Gb, with a contig N50 of 24.13 Mb and a scaffold N50 of 39.38 Mb. The Benchmarking Universal Single-Copy Orthologs (BUSCO) (v4.0.5) benchmark of genome assembly reached 97.4% (95.8% single-copy). The consensus quality value (QV) and k-mer completeness of the C. molitorella assembly evaluated by Merqury software were 30.35 and 92.16%, respectively. The construction of the C. molitorella genome provides a valuable genetic resource that will facilitate the investigation of the digestion mechanism of filter-feeding fish.