Wellcome Open Research (Feb 2020)

The genome sequence of the Eurasian river otter, Lutra lutra Linnaeus 1758 [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

  • Dan Mead,
  • Frank Hailer,
  • Elisabeth Chadwick,
  • Roberto Portela Miguez,
  • Michelle Smith,
  • Craig Corton,
  • Karen Oliver,
  • Jason Skelton,
  • Emma Betteridge,
  • Jale Doulcan Doulcan,
  • Olga Dudchenko,
  • Arina Omer,
  • David Weisz,
  • Erez Lieberman Aiden,
  • Shane McCarthy,
  • Kerstin Howe,
  • Ying Sims,
  • James Torrance,
  • Alan Tracey,
  • Richard Challis,
  • Richard Durbin,
  • Mark Blaxter

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15722.1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5

Abstract

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We present a genome assembly from an individual male Lutra lutra (the Eurasian river otter; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Eutheria; Carnivora; Mustelidae). The genome sequence is 2.44 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly is scaffolded into 20 chromosomal pseudomolecules, with both X and Y sex chromosomes assembled.