Yury V Bukhman, Susanne Meyer, Li-Fang Chu, Linelle Abueg, Jessica Antosiewicz-Bourget, Jennifer Balacco, Michael Brecht, Erica Dinatale, Olivier Fedrigo, Giulio Formenti, Arkarachai Fungtammasan, Swagarika Jaharlal Giri, Michael Hiller, Kerstin Howe, Daisuke Kihara, Daniel Mamott, Jacquelyn Mountcastle, Sarah Pelan, Keon Rabbani, Ying Sims, Alan Tracey, Jonathan M D Wood, Erich D Jarvis, James A Thomson, Mark J P Chaisson, Ron Stewart
Suncus etruscus is one of the world's smallest mammals, with an average body mass of about 2 grams. The Etruscan shrew's small body is accompanied by a very high energy demand and numerous metabolic adaptations. Here we report a chromosome-level genome assembly using PacBio long read sequencing, 10X Genomics linked short reads, optical mapping, and Hi-C linked reads. The assembly is partially phased, with the 2.472 Gbp primary pseudohaplotype and 1.515 Gbp alternate. We manually curated the primary assembly and identified 22 chromosomes, including X and Y sex chromosomes...
February 7, 2024: Scientific Data