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. 2022 Apr 1;11:giac024. doi: 10.1093/gigascience/giac024

Table 2:

Whole-genome sequencing studies on snakes, published or in progress

Assembly Annotation Venomous INSDC ID Source
Scientific classification Sequencing� Scaffold
Superfamily Family Genus Species Sequencing platform DoC GC% N50 Size (kb) Contig N50 Size (kb) Genome Size (Gb) Protein-encoding genes identified
Colubroidea Viperidae Bothrops jararaca Illumina; PacBio; BAC-SeqSc 150 IL20 PB 163.5 2.1 Yes PRJNA691605 [29]
Crotalus viridis Illumina; PacBio 100 36.6 139 15.74 1.3 Yes PDHV00000000.1 [20,21]
tigris Illumina; PacBio 190 IL33 PB 39.9/39.8 207,720 2,110 1.6 18,240 Yes VORL00000000 [28]
pyrrhus Illumina 40 38.5 5.1 4.1 1.1 Yes JPMF00000000.1 [26]
horridus Illumina 135 34.3 23.8 5.8 1.5 Yes LVCR00000000.1 [82]
Protobothrops flavoviridis Illumina 96 38.2 467 3.8 1.4 20,540 Yes BFFQ00000000.1 [15]
mucrosquamatus Illumina 86 40.6 424 22 1.6 20,122 Yes BCNE00000000.2 [24]
Sistrurus catenatus Illumina, PacBio 1,045,000 1.6 Yes PRJNA750087 [31]
Vipera berus Illumina 121 41.3 126.6 11.7 1.5 Yes JTGP00000000.1 [25]
Deinagkistrodon acutus Illumina ♂ 114 ♀ 238 2,120 22.42 1.4 21,194 Yes DQ343647.1 [86]
Colubridae Pantherophis guttatus Illumina 13 38.3 4.3 2.39 1.4 No JTLQ00000000.1 [22]
Thermophis baileyi Illumina 185 43.6 2,414 16.8 1.8 20,995 No QLTV00000000 [23]
Thamnophis sirtalis Illumina 72 41.8 516 10.45 1.4 Yes LFLD00000000.1 [87]
elegans Illumina; PacBio 62 41.1 100,851 4,620 1.6 18,900 Yes PRJNA561996
Elapidae Ophiophagus hannah Illumina 28 40.6 226 3.98 1.6 Yes AZIM00000000.1 [18]
Pseudonaja textilis 73 40.1 14,685 50.44 1.6 19,358 Yes ULFR00000000.1 [84]
Notechis scutatus Illumina; PacBio 71 40.2 5,997 31.76 1.6 19,770 Yes PRJEB27871 [28]
Naja naja PacBio; Nanopore; Illumina 250 40.4 223,350 303.98 1.79 23,248 Yes SOZL00000000.1 [27]
Hydrophis curtus Illumina NovaSeq 120 37.2 1,346 183 1.62 21,863 Yes PRJNA597425 [30]
Pythonoidea Pythonidae Python bivittatus Illumina; Roche 454 20 39.7 214 10.66 1.4 19,793 No AEQU00000000.2 [9]
Booidea Boidae Boa constrictor Illumina; Roche 454; PacBio 125 1.6 No [19]

PB stands for PacBio and IL for Illumina.