Improving the Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of the Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens) in a University Masters Course

We present an improved full chromosome-level assembly of the Siamese fighting fish generated during a university master’s course. The use of ~35x long-read nanopore data drastically improved the baseline assembly in terms of continuity. We show that relatively in-expensive high-throughput sequencing technologies such as the long-read MinION sequencing platform can be used in educational settings allowing the students to gain practical skills in modern genomics and generate high quality results that benefit downstream research projects.

Source: G3: Genes Genomes Genetics - July 6, 2020 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Prost, S., Petersen, M., Grethlein, M., Hahn, S. J., Kuschik-Maczollek, N., Olesiuk, M. E., Reschke, J.-O., Schmey, T. E., Zimmer, C., Gupta, D. K., Schell, T., Coimbra, R., De Raad, J., Lammers, F., Winter, S., Janke, A. Tags: Genome Report Source Type: research