책임운영기관 농촌진흥청 국립축산과학원 (로고)

Recent advancements in sequencing and genome assembly technologies have led to rapid generation of high-quality genome assemblies for various species and breeds. Despite the importance as minipigs an animal model in biomedical research, the construction of high-quality genome assemblies of minipigs still lags behind other pig breeds. To address this problem, we constructed a high-quality chromosome-level genome assembly of the Korean minipig (KMP) utilizing multiple diferent types of sequencing reads and reference genomes. The KMP assembly included 19 chromosome-level sequences with a total length of 2.52Gb and N50 of 137Mb. Comparative analyses with the pig reference genome (Sscrofa11.1) demonstrated comparable contiguity and completeness of the KMP assembly. Additionally, genome annotation analyses identifed 22,666 protein-coding genes and repetitive elements occupying 40.10% of the genome. The KMP assembly and genome annotation provide valuable resources that can contribute to various future research on minipig and other pig breeds.