Genome assembly of the Caenorhabditis becei strain QG2082

A chromosomal-scale genome assembly of C. becei strain QG2082, a dioecious nematode and member of the Japonica group. QG2082 was derived by 25 generations of sib-mating from wild-caught isofemale line QG704, isolated in 2012 from a Gustavia superba flower rotting on the forest floor on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. The assembly was created using PacBio HiFi long reads, Illumina short reads, linkage data from a cross to an unrelated inbred line (QG2083), and HiC chromatin contact data. To annotate the genome we generated short-read transcriptomic data and full-length transcripts (Isoseq).