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An improved pig reference genome sequence to enable pig genetics and genomics research
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Background: The domestic pig (Sus scrofa) is important both as a food source and as a biomedical model given its similarity in size, anatomy, physiology, metabolism, pathology, and pharmacology to humans. The draft reference genome (Sscrofa10.2) of a purebred Duroc female pig established using older clone-based sequencing methods was incomplete, and unresolved redundancies, short-range order and orientation errors, and associated misassembled genes limited its utility. Results: We present 2 annotated highly contiguous chromosome-level genome assemblies created with more recent long-read technologies and a whole-genome shotgun strategy, 1 for the same Duroc female (Sscrofa11.1) and 1 for an outbred, composite-breed male (USMARCv1.0). Both assemblies are of substantially higher (>90-fold) continuity and accuracy than Sscrofa10.2. Conclusions: These highly contiguous assemblies plus annotation of a further 11 short-read assemblies provide an unprecedented view of the genetic make-up of this important agricultural and biomedical model species. We propose that the improved Duroc assembly (Sscrofa11.1) become the reference genome for genomic research in pigs.
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- Warr, A., Affara, N., Aken, B., Beiki, H., Bickhart, D. M., Billis, K., Chow, W., Eory, L., Finlayson, H. A., Flicek, P., Girón, C. G., Griffin, D. K., Hall, R., Hannum, G., Hourlier, T., Howe, K., Hume, D. A., Izuogu, O., Kim, K., Koren, S., Liu, H., Manchanda, N., Martin, F. J., Nonneman, D. J., O'Connor, R. E., Phillippy, A. M., Rohrer, G. A., Rosen, B. D., Rund, L. A., Sargent, C. A., Schook, L. B., Schroeder, S. G., Schwartz, A. S., Skinner, B. M., Talbot, R., Tseng, E., Tuggle, C. K., Watson, M., Smith, T. P. L., & Archibald, A. L.
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- GigaScience
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2020-06-01
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 6
- ISSN
- 2047-217X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3034696123
- Cited by
- 431
- References
- 77
- FWCI
- 16.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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