Caenorhabditis elegans strain VC2010 genome sequencing project. Caenorhabditis elegans VC2010

To sequence VC2010, we used three technologies (Illumina, PacBio, and Nanopore), including extremely long Nanopore reads (N50 of ~30 kb) to generate primary sequence data. We then assembled these data with four different programs to create assemblies whose gaps were complementary. The combination of multiple assemblers and ultralong reads allowed us to produce a VC2010 genome assembly with 99.98% identity to the N2 reference.