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Chromosome-level genome assembly, annotation, and phylogenomics of the gooseneck barnacle Pollicipes pollicipes

Journal

GIGASCIENCE
Volume 11, Issue -, Pages -

Publisher

OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giac021

Keywords

barnacle; genome; larval evolution; assembly; annotation; crustacea; phylogeny; Pollicipes

Funding

  1. Computational Biology Institute at George Washington University
  2. Priority 2030 Federal Academic Leadership Program
  3. NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology Program [2010898]
  4. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica (NTNU)
  5. Natural History Museum of Denmark (University of Copenhagen)
  6. Dovetail Genomics
  7. Div Of Biological Infrastructure
  8. Direct For Biological Sciences [2010898] Funding Source: National Science Foundation

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This study provides valuable insights into the evolution and development of barnacles through the generation of high-quality genomic resources and transcriptomic analysis.
Background The barnacles are a group of >2,000 species that have fascinated biologists, including Darwin, for centuries. Their lifestyles are extremely diverse, from free-swimming larvae to sessile adults, and even root-like endoparasites. Barnacles also cause hundreds of millions of dollars of losses annually due to biofouling. However, genomic resources for crustaceans, and barnacles in particular, are lacking. Results Using 62x Pacific Biosciences coverage, 189x Illumina whole-genome sequencing coverage, 203x HiC coverage, and 69x CHi-C coverage, we produced a chromosome-level genome assembly of the gooseneck barnacle Pollicipes pollicipes. The P. pollicipes genome is 770 Mb long and its assembly is one of the most contiguous and complete crustacean genomes available, with a scaffold N50 of 47 Mb and 90.5% of the BUSCO Arthropoda gene set. Using the genome annotation produced here along with transcriptomes of 13 other barnacle species, we completed phylogenomic analyses on a nearly 2 million amino acid alignment. Contrary to previous studies, our phylogenies suggest that the Pollicipedomorpha is monophyletic and sister to the Balanomorpha, which alters our understanding of barnacle larval evolution and suggests homoplasy in a number of naupliar characters. We also compared transcriptomes of P. pollicipes nauplius larvae and adults and found that nearly one-half of the genes in the genome are differentially expressed, highlighting the vastly different transcriptomes of larvae and adult gooseneck barnacles. Annotation of the genes with KEGG and GO terms reveals that these stages exhibit many differences including cuticle binding, chitin binding, microtubule motor activity, and membrane adhesion. Conclusion This study provides high-quality genomic resources for a key group of crustaceans. This is especially valuable given the roles P. pollicipes plays in European fisheries, as a sentinel species for coastal ecosystems, and as a model for studying barnacle adhesion as well as its key position in the barnacle tree of life. A combination of genomic, phylogenetic, and transcriptomic analyses here provides valuable insights into the evolution and development of barnacles.

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