State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen 518083, China, China National GeneBank, BGI, Shenzhen 518120, China, College of Wildlife and Protected Area, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
Lirong Liu
China National GeneBank, BGI, Shenzhen 518120, China
Wenbiao Zhu
China National GeneBank, BGI, Shenzhen 518120, China
Shiqing Wang
State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen 518083, China, College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Minhui Shi
State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen 518083, China, College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Shuhui Yang
College of Wildlife and Protected Area, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
Haorong Lu
China National GeneBank, BGI, Shenzhen 518120, China
Jun Cao
China National GeneBank, BGI, Shenzhen 518120, China
The study of the currently known >3,000 species of snakes can provide valuable insights into the evolution of their genomes. Deinagkistrodon acutus, also known as Sharp-nosed Pit Viper, one hundred-pacer viper or five-pacer viper, is a venomous snake with significant economic, medicinal and scientific importance. Widely distributed in southeastern China and South-East Asia, D. acutus has been primarily studied for its venom. Here, we employed next-generation sequencing to assemble and annotate a highly continuous genome of D. acutus. The genome size is 1.46 Gb; its scaffold N50 length is 6.21 Mb, the repeat content is 42.81%, and 24,402 functional genes were annotated. This study helps to further understand and utilize D. acutus and its venom at the genetic level.
