Beta vulgaris maritima Chromosome-Scale Genome Assembly and Annotation

650 Mb chromosome-scale genome assembly of the wild progenitor of sugar beet, comprising 9 pseudochromosomes with a 72 Mb N50. Alexandra Kasianova generated this highly contiguous assembly using ONT long-read sequencing, achieving 97.7% complete BUSCO genes. The structural annotation includes 27,237 genes and 24,574 protein-coding genes, with 96.1% completeness.

Use Cases

• Comparative genomics analysis based on the chromosome-scale assembly of a wild beet progenitor.
• Gene family evolution studies based on the 27,237 annotated genes and 24,574 protein-coding genes.
• Assembly quality benchmarking based on the reported 72 Mb N50 and 99.6% assignment to chromosome-scale scaffolds.
• Telomere and chromosomal structure research based on the presence of telomeric repeats at most chromosome ends.

Strengths

• High assembly continuity with an N50 of 72 Mb and 99.6% of sequence assigned to chromosome-scale scaffolds.
• High completeness with 97.7% of complete BUSCO genes identified using the Eudicots dataset.
• Comprehensive structural annotation containing 27,237 genes and 151,137 transcripts.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for certain analyses.

Provenance

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Collection Method

Generated using ONT long-read sequencing.

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 08:03:50; freshness should be verified.

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