The companies know that farming all-female populations of shrimp has clear sustainability advantages and the genome of the female shrimp is distinguished from that of its male counterpart by the distinctive W chromosome. However, the sequences and encoding genes unique to this chromosome remained unknown until now.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe preliminary study of this outstanding high-quality genome has already revealed dozens of new previously unknown putative W-specific genes, with a fascinating array of functional motifs that could shed light on the importance of the W chromosome and its potential impact on the performance of females,\u201d said crustacean endocrinologist Prof. Amir Sagi of Ben-Gurion University in the Negev and co-founder of Enzootic.<\/p>\n
\u201cFurther research will be needed to reveal the role of these novel genes and how they regulate the physiology of females under mono-sex aquaculture conditions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
NRGene\u2019s DeNovoMAGIC 3.0 has been used to assemble more than 350 genomes in less than two years, among them, the first-ever genomes of wheat, potato, strawberry, rye, oat rye-grass, and now female shrimp.<\/p>\n
The highly complex shrimp genome delivered by DeNovoMAGIC resulted in an assembly size of 3.57 Gbp and an N50 scaffold size of 19.84 Mbp with BUSCO scores of 92.7%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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