Improved Gossypium raimondii genome using a Hi-C-based proximity-guided assembly

摘要

Introduction:Genome sequence plays an important role in both basic and applied studies.Gossypium raimondii,the putative contributor of the D subgenome of upland cotton(G.hirsutum,highlights the need to improve the genome quality rapidly and efficiently.Methods:We performed Hi-C sequencing of G.raimondii and reassembled its genome based on a set of new Hi-C data and previously published scaffolds.We also compared the reassembled genome sequenee with the previously published G raimondii genomes for gene and genome sequence collinearity.Result:A total of 9842%of scaffold sequences were clustered successfully,among which 99.72%of the clustered sequences were ordered and 99.92%of the ordered sequences were oriented with high-quality.Further evaluation of results by heat-map and collinearity analysis revealed that the current reassembled genome is significantly improved than the previous one(Nat Genet 44:98-1103,2012).Conclusion:This improvement in G raimondii genome not only provides a better reference to increase study efficiency but also offers a new way to assemble cotton genomes.Furthermore,Hi-C data of G.raimondii may be used for 3D structure research or regulating analysis.