A high-quality genome assembly for the endangered golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) is an endangered colobine species endemic to China, which has several distinct traits including a unique social structure. Although a genome assembly for R. roxellana is available, it is incomplete and fragmented because it was constructed using short-read sequencing technology. Thus, important information such as genome structural variation and repeat sequences may be absent.

Findings

To obtain a high-quality chromosomal assembly for R. roxellana qinlingensis, we used 5 methods: Pacific Bioscience single-molecule real-time sequencing, Illumina paired-end sequencing, BioNano optical maps, 10X Genomics link-reads, and high-throughput chromosome conformation capture. The assembled genome was ∼3.04 Gb, with a con

SUBMITTER: Wang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6705546 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature