Pelodiscus sinensis (Chinese softshell turtle) genome, rPelSin1, sequence data

The Chinese softshell turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) is a species of softshell turtle that is native to mainland China (Inner Mongolia to Guangxi, including Hong Kong) and Taiwan, with records of escapees - some of which have established introduced populations - in a wide range of other Asian countries, as well as Spain, Brazil and Hawaii (from Wikipedia entry). This sample of a male individual found in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, was procured by Phan Duy Khanh and coordinated by Nguyen Ngoc Sang to generate a high-quality reference genome for the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP). Sequencing and genome assembly were conducted at the Vertebrate Genome Lab (VGL) at the Rockefeller University, led by Erich D. Jarvis, Giulio Formenti, and Jennifer Balacco. Due to sample quality, only a draft assembly that does not meet all the VGP metrics was generated for this individual.