The genome sequence of the Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta Linnaeus 1758

Glenn Chang; Samantha Jones; Sreeja Leelakumari; Jahanshah Ashkani; Luka Culibrk; Kieran O'Neill; Kane Tse; Dean Cheng; Eric Chuah; Helen McDonald; Heather Kirk; Pawan Pandoh; Sauro Pari; Valeria Angelini; Christopher Kyle; Giorgio Bertorelle; Yongjun Zhao; Andrew Mungall; Richard Moore; Sibelle Vilaça; Steven Jones

doi:10.12688/f1000research.131283.2

The genome sequence of the Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta Linnaeus 1758

F1000Res. 2023 Jun 27:12:336. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.131283.2. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Glenn Chang^{1

2}, Samantha Jones², Sreeja Leelakumari², Jahanshah Ashkani², Luka Culibrk², Kieran O'Neill², Kane Tse², Dean Cheng², Eric Chuah², Helen McDonald², Heather Kirk², Pawan Pandoh², Sauro Pari³, Valeria Angelini³, Christopher Kyle^{4

5}, Giorgio Bertorelle⁶, Yongjun Zhao², Andrew Mungall², Richard Moore², Sibelle Vilaça⁵, Steven Jones^{2

7}

Affiliations

¹ Genome Science and Technology Graduate Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
² Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 4S6, Canada.
³ Fondazione Cetacea Onlus, Riccione, RN, 47838, Italy.
⁴ Forensic Science Department, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, K9L 0G2, Canada.
⁵ Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, K9L 0G2, Canada.
⁶ Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, FE, 44121, Italy.
⁷ Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada.

Abstract

We present a genome assembly of Caretta caretta (the Loggerhead sea turtle; Chordata, Testudines, Cheloniidae), generated from genomic data from two unrelated females. The genome sequence is 2.13 gigabases in size. The assembly has a busco completion score of 96.1% and N50 of 130.95 Mb. The majority of the assembly is scaffolded into 28 chromosomal representations with a remaining 2% of the assembly being excluded from these.

Keywords: Caretta caretta; Loggerhead sea turtle; chromosomal; genome sequence; reptile.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Female
Genome
Genomics
Reptiles
Turtles* / genetics