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. 2025 Mar 31;12(1):535.
doi: 10.1038/s41597-025-04853-9.

Chromosome-level genome assembly of Jiaobai (Zizania latifolia, Poceace)

Yan Huang #  1   2   3 , Yipeng Li #  1 , Lingyun Wang  1 , Shangfa Zhang  1 , Linyan Li  2   3 , Ruiqi Song  1 , Wei Sheng  1 , Zhaisheng Zheng  1 , Xinyi Zhang  4 , Mengfei Yang  5 , Yingxiong Qiu  2
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Chromosome-level genome assembly of Jiaobai (Zizania latifolia, Poceace)

Yan Huang et al. Sci Data. .

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Abstract

Cultivated Zizania latifolia, commonly known as Jiaobai, was domesticated as a special form of a plant-fungus symbiont. It is one of the most popular aquatic vegetables endemic to East Asia. However, the absence of a reference genome has hindered research on this important vegetable. In this study, we sequenced and assembled a chromosome-level genome of Jiaobai, the size of which is 596.34 Mb with a contig N50 of 32.74 Mb by integrating PacBio, Illumina and chromosome conformation capture data. A total of 571.70 Mb (95.87%) of the assembled sequences were anchored onto 17 chromosomes and 36,286 gene models were predicted. This study provides valuable genomic resources for uncovering the mechanisms underlying plant-pathogenic fungus interactions and developing genomics-assisted breeding programs in Jiaobai.

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Competing interests: The authors declear no competing interests.

Figures

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Fig. 1
Chromosome-level genome assembly of the ZJ8 genome. (a) K-mer frequency distribution curve. (b) Hi-C interaction heat map of the ZJ8 genome.
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Fig. 2
Genomic features of ZJ8 genome. (a) The tracks from the outermost to the innermost circle represent the positions (in Mb) of the 17 chromosomes (chr1–chr17), gene density, Helitron element frequency, tandem repeat frequency, and GC content. The connecting lines in the center of the Circos plot depict the syntenic gene blocks, while the red lines indicate the three identified assembly gaps. (b) Syntenic blocks among genomes of ZJ8, TL, wild Z. latifolia, Z. palustris, and O. sativa.
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