Neovison vison isolate:M4711 Genome sequencing and assembly

Availability of a contagious genome assembly would guarantee the fundamental genomic studies in American mink. The objective of this project was to generate an accurate genome assembly using PacBio HiFi reads and Hi-C contacts data for American mink. A black American mink from Millbank Fur Farm (Rockwood, ON, Canada) was selected for sequencing. The initial de novo assembly was generated using Hifiasm software, and was subsequently scaffolded to chromosome-level using Hi-C reads. The length of final genome assembly was 2.68 Gb included 187 scaffolds with the N50 of 220 Mb and the largest scaffold of 317 Mb.