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Insights from a chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) genome assembly regarding whole-genome duplication and nucleotide
Eric B Rondeau1,2,3, Kris A Christensen1,2, Hollie A Johnson2
1Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 4160 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, BC V7V 1N6, Canada.
Abstract:
Chum salmon are ecologically important to Pacific Ocean ecosystems and commercially important to fisheries. To improve the genetic resources available for this species, we sequenced and assembled the genome of a male chum salmon using Oxford Nanopore read technology and the Flye genome assembly software (contig N50: ∼2 Mbp, complete BUSCOs: ∼98.1%). We also resequenced the genomes of 59 chum salmon from hatchery sources to better characterize the genome assembly and the diversity of nucleotide variants impacting phenotype variation. With genomic sequences from a doubled haploid individual, we were able to identify regions of the genome assembly that have been collapsed due to high sequence similarity between homeologous (duplicated) chromosomes. The homeologous chromosomes are relics of an ancient salmonid-specific genome duplication. These regions were enriched with genes whose functions are related to the immune system and responses to toxins. From analyzing nucleotide variant annotations of the resequenced genomes, we were also able to identify genes that have increased levels of variants thought to moderately impact gene function. Genes related to the immune system and the detection of chemical stimuli (olfaction) had increased levels of these variants based on a gene ontology enrichment analysis. The tandem organization of many of the enriched genes raises the question of why they have this organization.
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