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The Puma lineage within the family Felidae consists of 3 species that last shared a common ancestor around 4.9 million years ago. Whole-genome sequences of 2 species from the lineage were previously reported: the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) and the mountain lion (Puma concolor). The present report describes a whole-genome assembly of the remaining species, the jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi). We sequenced the genome of a male jaguarundi with 10X Genomics linked reads and assembled the whole-genome sequence. The assembled genome contains a series of scaffolds that reach the length of chromosome arms and is similar in scaffold contiguity to the genome assemblies of cheetah and puma, with a contig N50 = 100.2 kbp and a scaffold N50 = 49.27 Mbp. We assessed the assembled sequence of the jaguarundi genome using BUSCO, aligned reads of the sequenced individual and another published female jaguarundi to the assembled genome, annotated protein-coding genes, repeats, genomic variants and their effects with respect to the protein-coding genes, and analyzed differences of the 2 jaguarundis from the reference mitochondrial genome. The jaguarundi genome assembly and its annotation were compared in quality, variants, and features to the previously reported genome assemblies of puma and cheetah. Computational analyzes used in the study were implemented in transparent and reproducible way to allow their further reuse and modification.
Original languageEnglish
Article numberesab036
Pages (from-to)540-548
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Heredity
Volume112
Issue number6
Early online date19 Jun 2021
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2021

    Scopus subject areas

  • Genetics
  • Genetics(clinical)
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biotechnology

    Research areas

  • Puma yagouaroundi, , 10X Genomics Chromium, Felidae, whole genome assembly, genome annotation, linked reads, 10X Genomics Chromium, Puma/genetics, Genomics, Molecular Sequence Annotation, Male, Animals, Female, Genome, VISUALIZATION, CATS, QUALITY ASSESSMENT, FELIDAE, ALIGNMENT, DATABASE

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