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Reference quality assembly of the 3.5 Gb genome of Capsicum annuum form a single linked-read library

Author:
Amanda M. Hulse-Kemp, Shamoni Maheshwari, Kevin Stoffel, Theresa A. Hill, David Jaffe, Stephen R. Williams, Neil Weisenfeld, Srividya Ramakrishnan, Vijay Kumar, Preyas Shah, Michael C. Schatz, Deanna M. Church, Allen Van Deynze
Source:
Horticultural research 2018 v.5 no.4 pp. 1-13
ISSN:
0018-5299
Subject:
Capsicum annuum, chromosome mapping, computer software, diploidy, genes, genome assembly, haploidy, haplotypes, heterozygosity, homozygosity, horticulture, loci, pepper, peppers, plant genetics, repetitive sequences
Abstract:
Linked-Read sequencing technology has recently been employed successfully for de novo assembly of human genomes, however, the utility of this technology for complex plant genomes is unproven. We evaluated the technology for this purpose by sequencing the 3.5-gigabase (Gb) diploid pepper (Capsicum annuum) genome with a single Linked-Read library. Plant genomes, including pepper, are characterized by long, highly similar repetitive sequences. Accordingly, significant effort is used to ensure that the sequenced plant is highly homozygous and the resulting assembly is a haploid consensus. With a phased assembly approach, we targeted a heterozygous F1 derived from a wide cross to assess the ability to derive both haplotypes and characterize a pungency gene with a large insertion/deletion. The Supernova software generated a highly ordered, more contiguous sequence assembly than all currently available C. annuum reference genomes. Over 83% of the final assembly was anchored and oriented using four publicly available de novo linkage maps. A comparison of the annotation of conserved eukaryotic genes indicated the completeness of assembly. The validity of the phased assembly is further demonstrated with the complete recovery of both 2.5-Kb insertion/deletion haplotypes of the PUN1 locus in the F1 sample that represents pungent and nonpungent peppers, as well as nearly full recovery of the BUSCO2 gene set within each of the two haplotypes. The most contiguous pepper genome assembly to date has been generated which demonstrates that Linked-Read library technology provides a tool to de novo assemble complex highly repetitive heterozygous plant genomes. This technology can provide an opportunity to cost-effectively develop high-quality genome assemblies for other complex plants and compare structural and gene differences through accurate haplotype reconstruction.
Agid:
5931558
Handle:
10113/5931558