Genome assembly and annotation of the king ratsnake, Elaphe carinata

Jiale Fan; Ruyi Huang; Diancheng Yang; Yanan Gong; Zhangbo Cui; Xinge Wang; Zicheng Su; Jing Yu; Yi Zhang; Tierui Zhang; Zhihao Jiang; Tianming Lan; He Wang; Song Huang

doi:10.46471/gigabyte.101

GigaByte (Dec 2023)

Genome assembly and annotation of the king ratsnake, Elaphe carinata

Jiale Fan ,
Ruyi Huang ,
Diancheng Yang ,
Yanan Gong ,
Zhangbo Cui ,
Xinge Wang ,
Zicheng Su ,
Jing Yu ,
Yi Zhang ,
Tierui Zhang ,
Zhihao Jiang ,
Tianming Lan ,
He Wang ,
Song Huang

Affiliations

Jiale Fan: Anhui Province Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China, State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China, College of Wildlife and Protected Area, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
Ruyi Huang: Anhui Province Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China, Shanghai Collaborative Innovation for Aquatic Animal Genetics and Breeding, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China, Huangshan Noah Biodiversity Institute, Huangshan, 245000, China
Diancheng Yang: Anhui Province Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China, Huangshan Noah Biodiversity Institute, Huangshan, 245000, China
Yanan Gong: Anhui Province Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China, Huangshan Noah Biodiversity Institute, Huangshan, 245000, China
Zhangbo Cui: Anhui Province Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China, Huangshan Noah Biodiversity Institute, Huangshan, 245000, China
Xinge Wang: Anhui Province Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China, Huangshan Noah Biodiversity Institute, Huangshan, 245000, China
Zicheng Su: Anhui Province Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China, Huangshan Noah Biodiversity Institute, Huangshan, 245000, China
Jing Yu: Anhui Province Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China, Huangshan Noah Biodiversity Institute, Huangshan, 245000, China
Yi Zhang: Anhui Province Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China, Huangshan Noah Biodiversity Institute, Huangshan, 245000, China
Tierui Zhang: Anhui Province Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China, Huangshan Noah Biodiversity Institute, Huangshan, 245000, China
Zhihao Jiang: Anhui Province Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China, Huangshan Noah Biodiversity Institute, Huangshan, 245000, China
Tianming Lan: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China, BGI Life Science Joint Research Center, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
He Wang: ORCiD; College of Wildlife and Protected Area, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
Song Huang: ORCiD; Anhui Province Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China, Huangshan Noah Biodiversity Institute, Huangshan, 245000, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46471/gigabyte.101

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The king ratsnake (Elaphe carinata) of the genus Elaphe is a common large, non-venomous snake widely distributed in Southeast and East Asia. It is an economically important farmed species. As a non-venomous snake, the king ratsnake predates venomous snakes, such as cobras and pit vipers. However, the immune and digestive mechanisms of the king ratsnake remain unclear. Despite their economic and research importance, we lack genomic resources that would benefit toxicology, phylogeography, and immunogenetics studies. Here, we used single-tube long fragment read sequencing to generate the first contiguous genome of a king ratsnake from Huangshan City, Anhui province, China. The genome size is 1.56 GB with a scaffold N50 of 6.53M. The total length of the genome is approximately 621 Mb, while the repeat content is 42.26%. Additionally, we predicted 22,339 protein-coding genes, including 22,065 with functional annotations. Our genome is a potentially useful addition to those available for snakes.

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