Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of the Common Chaffinch (Aves: Fringilla coelebs): A Valuable Resource for Evolutionary Biology
The common chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs, is one of the most common, widespread, and well-studied passerines in Europe, with a broad distribution encompassingWestern Europe and parts ofAsia,NorthAfrica, and theMacaronesian archipelagos.We present a high-quality genome assemblyof the commonchaffinchge...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/240245 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/240245 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Common chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Reference genome Whole genome assembly |
| Sumario: | The common chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs, is one of the most common, widespread, and well-studied passerines in Europe, with a broad distribution encompassingWestern Europe and parts ofAsia,NorthAfrica, and theMacaronesian archipelagos.We present a high-quality genome assemblyof the commonchaffinchgeneratedusing Illumina shotgunsequencing incombination with Chicago and Hi-C libraries. The final genome is a 994.87-Mb chromosome-level assembly, with 98% of the sequence data located in chromosome scaffolds and a N50 statistic of 69.73Mb. Our genome assembly shows high completeness, with a complete BUSCO score of 93.9% using the avian data set. Around 7.8% of the genome contains interspersed repetitive elements. The structural annotation yielded 17,703 genes, 86.5% of which have a functional annotation, including 7,827 complete universal single-copy orthologs out of 8,338 genes represented in the BUSCO avian data set. This newannotated genome assemblywill be a valuable resource as a reference for comparative and population genomic analyses of passerine, avian, and vertebrate evolution. |
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