Extended Data Table 3.

Genome statistics

Statistic	Value
Genome
Assembly Size	3.66 Gb
Coverage	39x
Assigned to chromosomes	3.50 Gb (95.6%)
No. Chromosomes	9 nuclear, plus mtDNA
No. Scaffolds	609 (10 with scaffolding)
No. Contigs	5,028 (4,429 with scaffolding)
Scaffold N50	343.85 Mb
Contig N50	1.23 Mb
Gaps	0.34%
Repeat Content*	47.45%
BUSCO V5	C:93.5% [S:88.6%, D:4.9%], F:1.1%, M:5.4%, n:9226
No. Protein-coding Genes	38,756
BUSCO V5 (proteins)	C:96.0% [S:52.4%, D:43.6%], F:0.8%, M:3.2%, n:9226
Global Transcriptome
No. Transcripts	303,420
No. Genes	39,106
Average Transcript Length	6,833 bp
Transcript N50	13.4 kb
BUSCO V5	C:86.1% [S:8.4%, D:77.7%], F:3.0%, M:10.9%, n:9226
Testis Transcriptome
No. Transcripts	82,964
No. Genes	37,034
Average Transcript Length	2363 bp
Transcript N50	3.93 kb
BUSCO V5	C:75.5% [S:25.9%, D: 49.6%], F:4.0%, M:20.5%, n:9226

^*Excluding low complexity and simple repeats

Ninu reference genome and transcriptome statistics.