The genome sequence of the European conger eel, Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758)

Patrick Adkins; Rachel Brittain; Joanna Harley; Vengamanaidu Modepali; Marine Biological Association Genome Acquisition Lab; Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team; Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team; Tree of Life Core Informatics collective; Darwin Tree of Life Consortium

doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.23052.1

The genome sequence of the European conger eel, Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758)

Wellcome Open Res. 2024 Sep 18:9:532. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.23052.1. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Patrick Adkins¹, Rachel Brittain¹, Joanna Harley¹, Vengamanaidu Modepali¹; Marine Biological Association Genome Acquisition Lab; Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team; Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team; Tree of Life Core Informatics collective; Darwin Tree of Life Consortium

Affiliation

¹ The Marine Biological Association, Plymouth, England, UK.

Abstract

We present a genome assembly from an individual Conger conger (the European conger eel; Chordata; Actinopteri; Anguilliformes; Congridae). The genome sequence spans 1,136.40 megabases. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 19 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 18.86 kilobases in length.

Keywords: Anguilliformes; Conger conger; European conger; chromosomal; genome sequence.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Wellcome through core funding to the Wellcome Sanger Institute [206194, https://doi.org/10.35802/206194] and the Darwin Tree of Life Discretionary Award [218328, https://doi.org/10.35802/218328 ].