Genome assembly and isoform analysis of a highly heterozygous New Zealand fisheries species, the tarakihi (<i>Nemadactylus macropterus</i>)

Abstract

AbstractAlthough being some of the most valuable and heavily exploited wild organisms, few fisheries species have been studied at the whole-genome level. This is especially the case in New Zealand, where genomics resources are urgently needed to assist fisheries management. Here, we generated 55 Gb of short Illumina reads (92× coverage) and 73 Gb of long Nanopore reads (122×) to produce the first genome assembly of the marine teleost tarakihi [Nemadactylus macropterusk