Reconstruction of the X and Y haplotypes in the genetically improved Abbassa nile tilapia genome assembly

The success of the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) as an aquaculture species is partly the result of continuous selective breeding leading to high performing strains. These elite strains have been derived from breeding populations of diverse origins and crosses with other Oreochromis species. O...

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Main Authors: Etherington, Graham, Ciezarek, Adam, Mehta, T, Barker, T, Durrant, Alex, Fraser, Fiona, Henderson, S, Irish, Naomi, Kaithakottil, Gemy, Knitlhoffer, V, Ali, Shimaa, Trinh, Trong, Watkins, Chris, Swarbreck, David, Gharbi, Karim, Benzie, John, Haerty, Wilfried
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177765
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author Etherington, Graham
Ciezarek, Adam
Mehta, T
Barker, T
Durrant, Alex
Fraser, Fiona
Henderson, S
Irish, Naomi
Kaithakottil, Gemy
Knitlhoffer, V
Ali, Shimaa
Trinh, Trong
Watkins, Chris
Swarbreck, David
Gharbi, Karim
Benzie, John
Haerty, Wilfried
author_browse Ali, Shimaa
Barker, T
Benzie, John
Ciezarek, Adam
Durrant, Alex
Etherington, Graham
Fraser, Fiona
Gharbi, Karim
Haerty, Wilfried
Henderson, S
Irish, Naomi
Kaithakottil, Gemy
Knitlhoffer, V
Mehta, T
Swarbreck, David
Trinh, Trong
Watkins, Chris
author_facet Etherington, Graham
Ciezarek, Adam
Mehta, T
Barker, T
Durrant, Alex
Fraser, Fiona
Henderson, S
Irish, Naomi
Kaithakottil, Gemy
Knitlhoffer, V
Ali, Shimaa
Trinh, Trong
Watkins, Chris
Swarbreck, David
Gharbi, Karim
Benzie, John
Haerty, Wilfried
author_sort Etherington, Graham
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description The success of the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) as an aquaculture species is partly the result of continuous selective breeding leading to high performing strains. These elite strains have been derived from breeding populations of diverse origins and crosses with other Oreochromis species. Owing to the complex and unique evolutionary histories of each strain, existing reference genomes of wild populations are unsuitable to implement genomic selection for beneficial traits such as growth or environmental resilience in aquaculture programmes. Here we generated a high-quality genome assembly and annotation of the WorldFish Genetically Improved Abbassa Nile tilapia (GIANT) elite strain using a combination of PacBio HiFi, and Omni-C Illumina sequencing. As a male Abbassa Nile tilapia was used for the generation of the genome assembly, we reconstructed both X and Y haplotypes, identifying both amhY and amhΔy on LG23 indicating that Abbassa likely shares the same sex determination system as GIFT, and thereby differs from the existing reference genome, whose sex determination loci are located on LG1.
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spelling CGSpace1777652025-12-18T02:09:11Z Reconstruction of the X and Y haplotypes in the genetically improved Abbassa nile tilapia genome assembly Etherington, Graham Ciezarek, Adam Mehta, T Barker, T Durrant, Alex Fraser, Fiona Henderson, S Irish, Naomi Kaithakottil, Gemy Knitlhoffer, V Ali, Shimaa Trinh, Trong Watkins, Chris Swarbreck, David Gharbi, Karim Benzie, John Haerty, Wilfried introgression sex determination oreochromis niloticus nile tilapia fish genome assembly abbassa The success of the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) as an aquaculture species is partly the result of continuous selective breeding leading to high performing strains. These elite strains have been derived from breeding populations of diverse origins and crosses with other Oreochromis species. Owing to the complex and unique evolutionary histories of each strain, existing reference genomes of wild populations are unsuitable to implement genomic selection for beneficial traits such as growth or environmental resilience in aquaculture programmes. Here we generated a high-quality genome assembly and annotation of the WorldFish Genetically Improved Abbassa Nile tilapia (GIANT) elite strain using a combination of PacBio HiFi, and Omni-C Illumina sequencing. As a male Abbassa Nile tilapia was used for the generation of the genome assembly, we reconstructed both X and Y haplotypes, identifying both amhY and amhΔy on LG23 indicating that Abbassa likely shares the same sex determination system as GIFT, and thereby differs from the existing reference genome, whose sex determination loci are located on LG1. 2025-05-08 2025-11-11T05:42:21Z 2025-11-11T05:42:21Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177765 en Open Access application/pdf nature portfolio Etherington, G. Ciezarek, A. Mehta, T. Barker, T. Durrant, A. Fraser, F. Henderson, S. Irish, N. Kaithakottil, G. Knitlhoffer, V. Ali, S. Trong, T. Watkins, C. Swarbreck, D. Gharbi, K. Benzie, J. Haerty, W. 2025. Reconstruction of the X and Y haplotypes in the genetically improved Abbassa Nile tilapia genome assembly. Scientific Reports 15, 16057. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-01300-y
spellingShingle introgression
sex determination
oreochromis niloticus
nile tilapia
fish
genome assembly
abbassa
Etherington, Graham
Ciezarek, Adam
Mehta, T
Barker, T
Durrant, Alex
Fraser, Fiona
Henderson, S
Irish, Naomi
Kaithakottil, Gemy
Knitlhoffer, V
Ali, Shimaa
Trinh, Trong
Watkins, Chris
Swarbreck, David
Gharbi, Karim
Benzie, John
Haerty, Wilfried
Reconstruction of the X and Y haplotypes in the genetically improved Abbassa nile tilapia genome assembly
title Reconstruction of the X and Y haplotypes in the genetically improved Abbassa nile tilapia genome assembly
title_full Reconstruction of the X and Y haplotypes in the genetically improved Abbassa nile tilapia genome assembly
title_fullStr Reconstruction of the X and Y haplotypes in the genetically improved Abbassa nile tilapia genome assembly
title_full_unstemmed Reconstruction of the X and Y haplotypes in the genetically improved Abbassa nile tilapia genome assembly
title_short Reconstruction of the X and Y haplotypes in the genetically improved Abbassa nile tilapia genome assembly
title_sort reconstruction of the x and y haplotypes in the genetically improved abbassa nile tilapia genome assembly
topic introgression
sex determination
oreochromis niloticus
nile tilapia
fish
genome assembly
abbassa
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177765
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