Chromosome level genome assembly of the Asian green mussel, Perna viridis

Sukumaran, Sandhya and Vysakh, V G and Sebastian, Wilson and Gopalakrishnan, A and Dharani, Lalitha Hari and Pandey, Akhilesh and Kumar, Abhishek and Jena, J K (2024) Chromosome level genome assembly of the Asian green mussel, Perna viridis. Scientific Data, 11. pp. 1-9. ISSN 2052-4463

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Abstract

The Asian green mussel, Perna viridis is an important aquaculture species in the family Mytilidae contributing substantially to molluscan aquaculture. We generated a high-quality chromosome level assembly of this species by combining PacBio single molecule sequencing technique (SMRT), Illumina paired-end sequencing, high-throughput chromosome conformation capture technique (Hi-C) and Bionano mapping. The final assembly resulted in a genome of 723.49 Mb in size with a scaffold N50 of 49.74 Mb with 99% anchored into 15 chromosomes. A total of 49654 protein-coding genes were predicted from the genome. The presence of 634 genes associated with the cancer pathway and 408 genes associated with viral carcinogenesis indicates the potential of this species to be used as a model for cancer studies. The chromosome-level assembly of this species is also a valuable resource for further genomic selection and selective breeding for improving economically important aquaculture traits and augmenting aquaculture productivity.

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