Fig. 1

Overview of applications for genome and transcriptome resources. A Overview of major applications facilitated by “omics” data. The upper box summarizes applications provided by all methods outlined in Ai-iii. (Ai) Chromosome-level genome with high-quality gene annotation. (Aii) Transcriptome assembly based on long reads (e.g. PacBio Iso-Seq). (Aiii) Transcriptome assembly based on short reads (Illumina, 100–250 bp). B Recommendations for experimental design decisions