Chinese scientists have successfully decoded¹ the genome of the Pacific white shrimp² and acquired a high quality reference genome map of the species.

 

中国科学家成功解码太平洋白虾的基因组，得到该物种的高品质参照基因组。

 

Xiang Jianhai, researcher with Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said scientists applied³ a variety of sequencing technologies, and conducted numerous genome assembly approaches before achieving the results. It took scientists 10 years to complete the study.

 

Li Fuhua, researcher with the institute, said the decoding⁴ of the genome offered important material for the study of crustacean⁵ benthic adaptation and molting⁶, and would also help scientists in genomic breading and molecular⁷ improvement of the species.

 

The achievement was published on Jan. 21 in Nature Communications.

 

The Pacific white shrimp has an annual output of 4.16 million tonnes globally, and China produces a quarter of the total. China imports large quantities of shrimp seedling⁸ every year.

 

The gene⁹ decoding can help China develop its own Pacific white shrimp breeds, according to Li.

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