Genomics

Chromosome-level genome assembly of the common chiton, Liolophura japonica (Lischke, 1873)

1. Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium
2. Project Coordinator and Co-Principal Investigators
3. Jerome H.L. Hui
4. Ting Fung Chan
5. Leo L. Chan
6. Siu Gin Cheung
7. Chi Chiu Cheang
8. James K.H. Fang
9. Juan D. Gaitan-Espitia
10. Stanley C.K. Lau
11. Yik Hei Sung
12. Chris K.C. Wong
13. Kevin Y.L. Yip
14. Yingying Wei
15. DNA extraction, library preparation and sequencing
16. Franco M.F. Au
17. Wai Lok So
18. Genome assembly and gene model prediction
19. Wenyan Nong
20. Gene family annotation
21. Ming Fung Franco Au
22. Samples collectors
23. Tin Yan Hui
24. Brian K.H. Leung
25. Gray A. Williams

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  Editors Assessment:

  This work is part of a series of papers from the Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium sequencing the rich biodiversity of species in Hong Kong. This example assembles the genome of the common chiton, Liolophura japonica (Lischke, 1873). Chitons are marine molluscs that can be found worldwide from cold waters to the tropics that play important ecological roles in the environment, but to date are lacking in genomes with only a few assemblies available. This data was produced using PacBio HiFi reads and Omni-C sequencing data, the resulting genome assembly being around 609 Mb in size. From this 28,010 protein-coding genes were predicted. After review improved the methodological details the quality metrics look near chromosome-level, having a scaffold N50 length of 37.34 Mb and 96.1% BUSCO score. This high-quality genome should hopefully be a valuable resource for gaining new insights into the environmental adaptations of L. japonica in residing the intertidal zones and for future investigations in the evolutionary biology in Polyplacophorans and other molluscs.

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Chromosomal-level genome assembly of the long-spined sea urchin Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778)

1. Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium
2. Project Coordinator and Co-Principal Investigators
3. Jerome H.L. Hui
4. Ting Fung Chan
5. Leo L. Chan
6. Siu Gin Cheung
7. Chi Chiu Cheang
8. James K.H. Fang
9. Juan D. Gaitan-Espitia
10. Stanley C.K. Lau
11. Yik Hei Sung
12. Chris K.C. Wong
13. Kevin Y.L. Yip
14. Yingying Wei
15. DNA extraction, library preparation and sequencing
16. Wai Lok So
17. Genome assembly and gene model prediction
18. Wenyan Nong
19. Sample collector, animal culture and logistics
20. Apple P.Y. Chui
21. Thomas H.W. Fong
22. Ho Yin Yip

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  Editors Assessment:

  This work is part of a series of papers from the Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium sequencing the rich biodiversity of species in Hong Kong. This example assembles the genome of the long-spined sea urchin Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778). Using PacBio HiFi long-reads and Omni-C data the assembled genome size was 886 Mb, consistent to the size of other sea urchin genomes. The assembly anchored to 22 pseudo-molecules/chromosomes, and a total of 27,478 genes including 23,030 protein-coding genes were annotated. Peer review added more to the conclusion and future perspectives. The data hopefully providing a valuable resource and foundation for a better understanding of the ecology and evolution of sea urchins.

  This evaluation refers to version 1 of the preprint

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Genome assembly of the edible jelly fungus Dacryopinax spathularia (Dacrymycetaceae)

1. Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium
2. Project Coordinator and Co-Principal Investigators
3. Jerome H.L. Hui
4. Ting Fung Chan
5. Leo L. Chan
6. Siu Gin Cheung
7. Chi Chiu Cheang
8. James K.H. Fang
9. Juan Diego Gaitan-Espitia
10. Stanley C.K. Lau
11. Yik Hei Sung
12. Chris K.C. Wong
13. Kevin Y.L. Yip
14. Yingying Wei
15. DNA extraction, library preparation and sequencing
16. Tze Kiu Chong
17. Sean T.S. Law
18. Genome assembly and gene model prediction
19. Wenyan Nong
20. Genome analysis and quality control
21. Wenyan Nong
22. Sample collector and logistics
23. Tze Kiu Chong
24. Sean T.S. Law
25. Ho Yin Yip

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  Editors Assessment:

  This work is part of a series of papers from the Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium sequencing the rich biodiversity of species in Hong Kong. This example This work is part of a series of papers from the Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium sequencing the rich biodiversity of species in Hong Kong. This example presenting the first whole genome assembly of Dacryopinax spathularia, an edible mushroom-forming fungus that is used in the food industry to produce natural preservatives. Using PacBio and Omni-C data a 29.2 Mb genome was assembled, with a scaffold N50 of 1.925 Mb and 92.0% BUSCO score demonstrating the quality (review pushing the authors to provide more detail and QC stats to help better convince on this). This data providing a useful resource for further phylogenomic studies in the family Dacrymycetaceae and investigations on the biosynthesis of glycolipids with potential applications in the food industry.

  This evaluation refers to version 1 of the preprint

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Genome assembly of the milky mangrove Excoecaria agallocha

1. Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium
2. Project Coordinator and Co-Principal Investigators
3. Jerome H.L. Hui
4. Ting Fung Chan
5. Leo L. Chan
6. Siu Gin Cheung
7. Chi Chiu Cheang
8. James K.H. Fang
9. Juan Diego Gaitan-Espitia
10. Stanley C.K. Lau
11. Yik Hei Sung
12. Chris K.C. Wong
13. Kevin Y.L. Yip
14. Yingying Wei
15. DNA extraction, library preparation and sequencing
16. Sean T.S. Law
17. Wai Lok So
18. Genome assembly and gene model prediction
19. Wenyan Nong
20. Genome analysis and quality control
21. Wenyan Nong
22. Sample collector and logistics
23. David T.W. Lau
24. Sean T.S. Law
25. Shing Yip Lee
26. Ho Yin Yip

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  Editors Assessment:

  This work is part of a series of papers from the Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium sequencing the rich biodiversity of species in Hong Kong. This example assembles the genome of the milky mangrove Excoecaria agallocha, also known as blind-your-eye mangrove due to its toxic properties of its milky latex that can cause blindness when it comes into contact with the eyes. Living in the brackish water of tropical mangrove forests from India to Australia, they are an extremely important habitat for a diverse variety of aquatic species, including the mangrove jewel bug of which this tree is the sole food source for the larvae. Using PacBio HiFi long-reads and Omni-C technology a 1,332.45 Mb genome was assembled, with 1,402 scaffolds and a scaffold N50 of 58.95 Mb. After feedback the annotations were improved, predicting a very high number (73,740) protein coding genes. The data presented here provides a valuable resource for further investigation in the biosynthesis of phytochemical compounds in its milky latex with the potential of many medicinal and pharmacological properties. As well as increasing the understanding of biology and evolution in genome architecture in the Euphorbiaceae family and mangrove species adapted to high levels of salinity.

  This evaluation refers to version 1 of the preprint

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De novo transcriptome assembly and genome annotation of the fat-tailed dunnart ( Sminthopsis crassicaudata )

1. Neke Ibeh
2. Charles Y. Feigin
3. Stephen R. Frankenberg
4. Davis J. McCarthy
5. Andrew J. Pask
6. Irene Gallego Romero

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  Editors Assessment: Marsupial species are invaluable for comparative studies due to their distinctive modes of reproduction and development, but there are a shortage of genomic resources to do these types of analyses. To help address that data gap multi-tissue transcriptomes and transcriptome assemblies have been sequenced and shared for the fat-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata), a mouse-like marsupial that due to is ease of breeding is emerging as a useful lab model. Using ONT nanopore and Pacbio long-reads and illumina short reads 2,093,982 transcripts were sequenced and assembled, and functional annotation of the assembled transcripts was also carried out. Some addition work was required to provide more details on the QC metrics and access to the data but this was resolved during review. This work ultimately producing dunnart genome assembly measuring 3.23 Gb in length and organized into 1,848 scaffolds, with a scaffold N50 value of 72.64 Mb. These openly available resources hopefully provide novel insights into the unique genomic architecture of this unusual species and provide valuable tools for future comparative mammalian studies.

  This evaluation refers to version 1 of the preprint

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Korea4K: whole genome sequences of 4,157 Koreans with 107 phenotypes derived from extensive health check-ups

1. Sungwon Jeon
2. Hansol Choi
3. Yeonsu Jeon
4. Whan-Hyuk Choi
5. Hyunjoo Choi
6. Kyungwhan An
7. Hyojung Ryu
8. Jihun Bhak
9. Hyeonjae Lee
10. Yoonsung Kwon
11. Sukyeon Ha
12. Yeo Jin Kim
13. Asta Blazyte
14. Changjae Kim
15. Yeonkyung Kim
16. Younghui Kang
17. Yeong Ju Woo
18. Chanyoung Lee
19. Jeongwoo Seo
20. Dan Bolser
21. Orsolya Biro
22. Eun-Seok Shin
23. Byung Chul Kim
24. Seon-Young Kim
25. Ji-Hwan Park
26. Jongbum Jeon
27. Dooyoung Jung
28. Semin Lee
29. Jong Bhak

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Deep indel mutagenesis reveals the impact of amino acid insertions and deletions on protein stability and function

1. Magdalena Topolska
2. Antoni Beltran
3. Ben Lehner

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Signatures of transposon-mediated genome inflation, host specialization, and photoentrainment in Entomophthora muscae and allied entomophthoralean fungi

1. Jason E Stajich
2. Brian Lovett
3. Emily Lee
4. Angie M Macias
5. Ann E Hajek
6. Benjamin L de Bivort
7. Matt T Kasson
8. Henrik H De Fine Licht
9. Carolyn Elya

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  eLife assessment

  This important study reports on the genome evolution of a poorly studied fungal group. By combining long-read sequencing and different bioinformatic analyses, the authors show that the giant genome of Entomophthora muscae expanded due to extensive transposable element activity. The strength of evidence is compelling and the authors are to be commended for their multiple comparative analyses of gene content along with transparently written and visualized techniques, data curation, and methods. This paper will be of relevance to fungal biologists as well as to evolutionary biologists interested in the study of genome size dynamics.

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Transcriptional profiling of human brain cortex identifies novel lncRNA-mediated networks dysregulated in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

1. Alessandro Palma
2. Monica Ballarino

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Global diversity and evolution of Salmonella Panama, an understudied serovar causing gastrointestinal and invasive disease worldwide: a genomic epidemiology study

1. Caisey V. Pulford
2. Blanca M. Perez-Sepulveda
3. Danielle J. Ingle
4. Rebecca J. Bengtsson
5. Rebecca J. Bennett
6. Ella V. Rodwell
7. Maria Pardos de la Gandara
8. Charlotte Chong
9. P. Malaka De Silva
10. Magali Ravel
11. Véronique Guibert
12. Elisabeth Njamkepo
13. Neil Hall
14. Marie A. Chattaway
15. Benjamin P. Howden
16. Deborah A Williamson
17. Jay C. D. Hinton
18. François-Xavier Weill
19. Kate S. Baker

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