The Genome Sequence of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

Authors

• Rebekah A. Oomen, Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Brunswick Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. Centre for Coastal Research, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway. University of Oslo Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
• Alessia Cariani, Department of Biological, Geological & Environmental Science, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
• Louise Chavarie, Faculty of Environmental Science and Nature Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway.
• Agostino Leone, Department of Biological, Geological & Environmental Science, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. Department of Earth and Marine Sciences (DiSTeM), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy.
• Adriana Vella, Department of Biology, University of Malta, Msida, Malta.
• Noel Vella, Department of Biology, University of Malta, Msida, Malta.
• Gustav Hellström, Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
• Tomas Brodin, Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
• Andreas Sundelöf, Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. Department of Aquatic Resources, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
• Mark Blaxter, Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, England, UK.
• Ann M. Mc Cartney, Genomics Institute, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA. School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.
• Giulio Formenti, The Vertebrate Genome Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA.
• Alice Mouton, Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement (Arlon Campus Environnement), SEED, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
• Fausto Tinti, Department of Biological, Geological & Environmental Science, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
• Fulvio Garibaldi, Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy.
• Petter Lundberg, Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2025

Abstract

We present a genome assembly from a specimen of Thunnus thynnus (Atlantic Bluefin Tuna; Chordata; Actinopteri; Scombriformes; Scombridae). The genome sequence has a total length of 799.05 megabases. Most of the assembly (99.17%) is scaffolded into 24 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 16.53 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 23,266 protein-coding genes.

Recommended Citation

Oomen RA, Cariani A, Chavarie L, Leone A, Vella A, Vella N, Hellström G, Brodin T, Sundelöf A, Blaxter M, Mc Cartney AM, Formenti G, Mouton A, Tinti F, Garibaldi F, Lundberg P. The genome sequence of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758). Wellcome Open Res. 2025 Mar 27;10:163. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.23971.1. PMID: 40556665; PMCID: PMC12186022.