A chromosome-level genome assembly of the Peruvian algarrobo (Neltuma pallida)

Here, we report on a high-quality reference genome for N. pallida. The final genome assembly size is 403.9 Mb, consisting of 14 pseudochromosomes and 67 scaffolds with an N50 size of 26.2 Mb and a 34.3% GC content. Use of Benchmarking Universal Single Copy Orthologs revealed 99.4% complete orthologs. Long terminal repeat elements dominated the repetitive sequence content which was near 50%. Genes were annotated using N. pallida transcripts, plant protein sequences, and ab initio predictions resulting in 24,602 protein-coding genes associated with 40,191 gene models. Comparative genomic analysis showed evidence of rapidly evolving gene families related to disease resistance, transcription factors, and signaling pathways .