# The genome sequence of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758)

**Authors:** Rebekah A. Oomen, Alessia Cariani, Louise Chavarie, Agostino Leone, Adriana Vella, Noel Vella, Gustav Hellström, Tomas Brodin, Andreas Sundelöf, Mark Blaxter, Ann M. Mc Cartney, Giulio Formenti, Alice Mouton, Fausto Tinti, Fulvio Garibaldi, Petter Lundberg, Fabiano B. Menegidio, Kathryn Elmer, Steven M Mussmann, Richard Coleman, Matilde Lanzini

PMC · DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.23971.1 · 2025-03-27

## TL;DR

This paper presents the genome sequence of the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, including a detailed assembly and gene annotation.

## Contribution

The study provides a high-quality genome assembly and gene annotation for the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna.

## Key findings

- The genome assembly is 799.05 megabases long with 99.17% scaffolded into 24 chromosomal pseudomolecules.
- The mitochondrial genome is 16.53 kilobases long.
- Gene annotation identified 23,266 protein-coding genes.

## 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.

## Linked entities

- **Species:** Thunnus thynnus (taxon 8237)

## Full-text entities

- **Species:** Actinopteri (class) [taxon 186623], Thunnus thynnus (Atlantic bluefin tuna, species) [taxon 8237]

## Figures

5 figures with captions in the complete paper: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12186022/full.md

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12186022