1. De novo genome assembly of the red silk cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
- Author
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Yong Gao, Shengnan Song, Lizhou Tang, Dongqin Dai, Haibo Wang, Li-Hong Han, Yi Fu, Honglong Chu, Bin Tian, Chao Liu, and Long Yu
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,Bombax ,Sequence assembly ,Health Informatics ,Biology ,Data Note ,Genes, Plant ,01 natural sciences ,Genome ,Trees ,03 medical and health sciences ,Bombax ceiba ,Gene Duplication ,Botany ,evolution ,Asian country ,Selection, Genetic ,Phylogeny ,Whole genome sequencing ,Red silk-cotton tree ,Contig ,Ceiba ,Sequence Analysis, DNA ,biology.organism_classification ,Computer Science Applications ,030104 developmental biology ,annotation ,Multigene Family ,genome assembly ,Genome, Plant ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
Background Bombax ceiba L. (the red silk cotton tree) is a large deciduous tree that is distributed in tropical and sub-tropical Asia as well as northern Australia. It has great economic and ecological importance, with several applications in industry and traditional medicine in many Asian countries. To facilitate further utilization of this plant resource, we present here the draft genome sequence for B. ceiba. Findings We assembled a relatively intact genome of B. ceiba by using PacBio single-molecule sequencing and BioNano optical mapping technologies. The final draft genome is approximately 895 Mb long, with contig and scaffold N50 sizes of 1.0 Mb and 2.06 Mb, respectively. Conclusions The high-quality draft genome assembly of B. ceiba will be a valuable resource enabling further genetic improvement and more effective use of this tree species.
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- 2018