摘要
DEAR EDITOR,The melon-headed whale(Peponocephala electra),a small toothed whale in the Delphinidae family,inhabits tropical and subtropical oceans.It is an attractive model species for studying secondary aquatic adaptation and evolution.Here,we successfully assembled a high-quality chromosome-level genome of P.electra using Pac Bio and Hi-C sequencing technologies.
基金
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,32070409 to S.X.X.)
Key Project of the NSFC(32030011 to G.Y.)
Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions to G.Y.and S.X.X.
Qinglan Project of Jiangsu Province to S.X.X.
