Tspe_v1 (Telopea speciosissima) genome supplementary files for: Chromosome-level de novo genome assembly of Telopea speciosissima (New South Wales waratah) using long-reads, linked-reads and Hi-C

<p><i>Telopea speciosissima, </i>the New South Wales waratah, is an Australian endemic woody shrub in the family Proteaceae. Waratahs have great potential as a model clade to better understand processes of speciation, introgression and adaptation, and are significant from a horticultural perspective. Here, we report the first chromosome-level genome for <i>T. speciosissima</i>. Combining Oxford Nanopore long-reads, 10x Genomics Chromium linked-reads and Hi-C data, the assembly spans 823 Mb (scaffold N50 of 69.0 Mb) with 97.8 % of Embryophyta BUSCOs 'Complete'. We present a new method in Diploidocus (<a href="https://github.com/slimsuite/diploidocus">https://github.com/slimsuite/diploidocus</a>) for classifying, curating and QC-filtering scaffolds, which combines read depths, <i>k</i>-mer frequencies and BUSCO predictions. We also present a new tool, DepthSizer (<a href="https://github.com/slimsuite/depthsizer">https://github.com/slimsuite/depthsizer</a>), for genome size estimation from the read depth of single-copy orthologues and estimate the genome size to be approximately 900 Mb. The largest 11 scaffolds contained 94.1 % of the assembly, conforming to the expected number of chromosomes (2<i>n</i> = 22). Genome annotation predicted 40,158<code> </code>protein-coding genes, 351 rRNAs and 728 tRNAs. We investigated <i>CYCLOIDEA </i>(<i>CYC</i>)<i> </i>genes, which have a role in determination of floral symmetry, and confirm the presence of two copies in the genome. Read depth analysis of 180 'Duplicated' BUSCO genes using a new tool, DepthKopy (<a href="https://github.com/slimsuite/depthkopy">https://github.com/slimsuite/depthkopy</a>), suggests almost all are real duplications, increasing confidence in the annotation and highlighting a possible need to revise the BUSCO set for this lineage. The chromosome-level <i>T. speciosissima</i> reference genome (Tspe_v1) provides an important new genomic resource of Proteaceae to support the conservation of flora in Australia and further afield.</p>