Genome annotation of Acomys cahirinus (chromosome-level assembly ASM2989020v1 / GCA_029890205.1): CAGE-extended 5'UTR and StringTie isoform update

Structural and functional gene annotation of the Acomys cahirinus (spiny mouse) chromosome-level genome assembly ASM2989020v1 (GCA_029890205.1). The assembly itself was not produced by this group; this record provides annotation only. The annotation was generated with a multi-step pipeline: RNA-seq-based gene prediction (BRAKER3), protein-homology prediction from the closely related A. russatus (GALBA), integration with TSEBRA, and gene/transcript recovery with miniprot and StringTie. 5'UTRs were extended using in-house adrenal-gland CAGE-seq data (CAGEfightR). The mitochondrial genome (NC_020758.1) and Y-chromosome scaffolds from the male scaffold-level assembly ASM3055561v1 were incorporated. Version 2026-07-06. Contents: GTF annotation (23,539 genes; 20,754 protein-coding), spliced-transcript FASTA, all-transcript protein FASTA, and longest-protein-per-gene FASTA. See README for full statistics and pipeline details.