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Data from: Chromosomal level reference genome of Tachypleus tridentatus provides insights into evolution and adaptation of horseshoe crabs

Creators

  • 1. Zhejiang Ocean University
  • 2. University of Macau
  • 3. Northwestern Polytechnical University
  • 4. Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  • 5. Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 6. Beijing Genomics Institute
  • 7. Kunming Institute of Zoology

Description

Horseshoe crabs including Tachypleus tridentatus are a group of marine arthropods living fossil species which have existed on the earth for 500 million years. However, the genetic mechanisms underlying their unique adaptive ability are still unclear. Here, we assembled the first chromosome-level T. tridentatus genome, and proofed that this genome is of very high quality with contig N50 1.69 Mb. By comparison with other arthropods, some gene families of T. tridentatus experienced significant expansion, whichare related to several signaling pathways, endonuclease activity, and metabolic processes. Based on the comparative analysis of genomics and 27 transcriptomes from 9 tissues, we found that the expanded Dscam genes usually locate at the key hub positions of immune network. Furthermore, the Dscam genes showed higher levels of expression in the yellow connective tissue, the birthplace of blood cells with strong differentiation capability, than the other 8 tissues. Besides, Dscam genes are positively correlated with the expression of the core immunity gene, clotting factor B, which is implicated in the coagulation cascade reaction. The effective and unusual immune ability endowed by the expansion and expression of Dscam genes in horseshoe crabs may be a factor that makes horseshoe crabs having a strong environmental adaptability with ~500 million years. The high-quality chromosome-level genome of a horseshoe crab and unique genomic features reported in this study provide important data resources for future studies on the evolutionary history of marine ecological systems.

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Ttri_cds.tar.gz
The CDS sequence file of horseshoe crab.
Ttri_pep.tar.gz
The protein sequence file of horseshoe crab.
Ttri_gff3.tar.gz
The gff3 file of horseshoe crab.
Ttri_repeat_annotation.gff.tar.gz
The repeats annotation file of horseshoe crab.
Ttri_genome.fa.tar.gz
The genome file of horseshoe crab.
Ttri_genome.fa.sm.fa.tar.gz
The repeats-masked genome file of horseshoe crab.

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10.1111/1755-0998.12988 (DOI)