First annotation of Pacific white shrimp

First annotation of Pacific white shrimp

NCBI announces Annotation Release 100 of the Pacific white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) genome in RefSeq, based on the assembly (GCF_003789085.1) submitted by the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The Pacific white shrimp is one of the most important shrimp species in fisheries and aquaculture and represents the first decapod to have its genome annotated by NCBI.  We predicted 24,987 protein coding genes with evidence from alignment of six billion RNA-Seq reads and homology with invertebrate proteins. This annotation will enable genomic research in this commercially important species.

You can download the annotated assembly or browse and search it in the Genome Data Viewer.

Please visit our Eukaryotic RefSeq Genome Annotation Status page to  see more annotations in progress.

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