Chromosomal-level genome assembly of golden birdwing Troides aeacus (Felder & Felder, 1860)

Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium; Jerome H.L. HUI; Ting Fung CHAN; Leo Lai CHAN; Siu Gin CHEUNG; Chi Chiu CHEANG; James Kar Hei Fang; Juan Diego GAITAN-ESPITIA; Stanley Chun Kwan LAU; Yik Hei SUNG; Chris Kong Chu WONG; Kevin Yuk Lap YIP; Yingying WEI; Wai Lok SO; Wenyan NONG; Hydrogen Sui Fai PUN; Wing Kwong YAU; Colleen Yuk Lin CHIU; Sammi Shan Shan CHAN; Kacy Ka Ling MAN; Ho Yin YIP

doi:10.46471/gigabyte.122

Chromosomal-level genome assembly of golden birdwing Troides aeacus (Felder & Felder, 1860)

Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium
, Jerome H.L. HUI^*
, Ting Fung CHAN
, Leo Lai CHAN
, Siu Gin CHEUNG
, Chi Chiu CHEANG
, James Kar Hei Fang
, Juan Diego GAITAN-ESPITIA
, Stanley Chun Kwan LAU
, Yik Hei SUNG
, Chris Kong Chu WONG
, Kevin Yuk Lap YIP
, Yingying WEI
, Wai Lok SO
, Wenyan NONG
, Hydrogen Sui Fai PUN
, Wing Kwong YAU
, Colleen Yuk Lin CHIU
, Sammi Shan Shan CHAN
, Kacy Ka Ling MAN

Ho Yin YIP

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

Abstract

The golden birdwing Troides aeacus (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae), a significant species in Asia, faces habitat loss due to urbanization and human activities, necessitating its protection. However, the lack of genomic resources hinders our understanding of their biology and diversity, and impedes our conservation efforts based on genetic information or markers. Here, we present the first chromosomal-level genome assembly of T. aeacus using PacBio SMRT and Omni-C scaffolding technologies. The assembled genome (351 Mb) contains 98.94% of the sequences anchored to 30 pseudo-molecules. The genome assembly has high sequence continuity with contig length N50 = 11.67 Mb and L50 = 14, and scaffold length N50 = 12.2 Mb and L50 = 13. A total of 24,946 protein-coding genes were predicted, with high BUSCO score completeness (98.8% and 94.7% of genome and proteome BUSCO, respectively. This genome offers a significant resource for understanding the swallowtail butterfly biology and carrying out its conservation.

Original language	English
Journal	GigaByte
Volume	2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.46471/gigabyte.122
Publication status	Published - 2024

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Funding

This work was funded and supported by the Hong Kong Research Grant Council Collaborative Research Fund (C4015-20EF), CUHK Strategic Seed Funding for Collaborative Research Scheme (3133356), and CUHK Group Research Scheme (3110154).

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 15 Life on Land

Keywords

Animal Genetics
Biodiversity
Genetics and Genomics

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Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium, HUI, J. H. L., CHAN, T. F., CHAN, L. L., CHEUNG, S. G., CHEANG, C. C., Fang, J. K. H., GAITAN-ESPITIA, J. D., LAU, S. C. K., SUNG, Y. H., WONG, C. K. C., YIP, K. Y. L., WEI, Y., SO, W. L., NONG, W., PUN, H. S. F., YAU, W. K., CHIU, C. Y. L., CHAN, S. S. S., ... YIP, H. Y. (2024). Chromosomal-level genome assembly of golden birdwing Troides aeacus (Felder & Felder, 1860). GigaByte, 2024. https://doi.org/10.46471/gigabyte.122

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Chromosomal-level genome assembly of golden birdwing Troides aeacus (Felder & Felder, 1860)

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