With gene prediction and functional annotation, a final nonredundant consensus gene set for C. sinensis was obtained, and 27,564 protein-coding genes were predicted in the final assembled genome. Finally, 27,344 protein-coding genes were annotated, accounting for 99.2% of all the predicted genes.

The prediction of genes in the C. sinensis genome was performed using a combination of three approaches: homolog-based, de novo, and transcriptome-based predictions.