The genome of the freshwater monogonont rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus

• DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12768
• Publication Date: 2018-02-16T13:02:43Z
• Authors: Hui‐Su Kim; Bo‐Young Lee; Jeonghoon Han; Chang‐Bum Jeong; Dae‐Sik Hwang; Min‐Chul Lee; Hye‐Min Kang; Duck‐Hyun Kim; Hee‐Jin Kim; Spiros Papakostas; Steven A. J. Decl...; Ik‐Young Choi; Atsushi Hagiwara; Heum Gi Park; Jae‐Seong Lee
• Keywords: Brachionus calyciflorus

Abstract Monogononta is the most speciose class of rotifers, with more than 2,000 species. The monogonont genus Brachionus widely distributed at a global scale, and few its species are commonly used as ecological evolutionary models to address questions related aquatic ecology, cryptic speciation, evolution sex ecotoxicology. With importance in many areas research, it remarkable that genome has not been characterized. This study aims this lacuna by presenting, for first time, whole‐genome assembly freshwater calyciflorus . total length assembled was 129.6 Mb, 1,041 scaffolds. N50 value 786.6 kb, GC content 24%. A 16,114 genes were annotated repeat sequences, accounting 21% genome. may form basis future studies addressing key on rotifers. It will also provide necessary molecular resources mechanistically investigate ecophysiological ecotoxicological responses.