Cynopterus sphinx isolate:CYSPWHU Genome sequencing and assembly

Old World fruit bats (Pteropodidae) have been identified as the natural reservoir hosts of several zoonotic viruses, prompting suggestions that these bats have evolved unique immunological adaptations. To gain a better understanding of the possible mechanisms underlying viral tolerance in these bats, we developed a new assembly pipeline to generate a reference-quality genome of the short-nosed fruit bat Cynopterus sphinx, with complete or near-complete chromosomes