crocuta genome sequencing

The spotted hyena Crocuta crocuta, a uniquely large terrestrial carnivorous species, is particularly fascinating because of its distinct phenotypic traits, especially for scavenging lifestyle on diet exposure to microbial pathogens and complexity of social structure. However, molecular mechanisms of these outstanding phenotypes in spotted hyenas still are elusive. Here, we sequenced and assembled a high-quality long-read genome of the spotted hyena, with a contig N50 length of ~13.75 Mbp.

斑鬣狗（Crocuta crocuta）作为一类独特的大型陆生食肉物种，因其独特的表型特征而备受关注，尤其是其食腐的生活习性、饮食所接触的微生物病原体，以及复杂的社会结构。然而，斑鬣狗这些卓越表型背后的分子机制仍未明确。本研究中，我们对斑鬣狗进行了测序并组装出高质量的长读长基因组，其重叠群N50（contig N50）长度约为13.75 Mbp。