Wellcome Open Research (Apr 2024)

The genome sequence of the Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus Linnaeus, 1758 [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

  • Carolyn Robertson,
  • Alex Ball,
  • Molly Doubleday

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9

Abstract

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We present a genome assembly from an individual male Tetrao urogallus (the Western Capercaillie; Chordata; Aves; Galliformes; Phasianidae). The genome sequence is 1,013.2 megabases in length. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 39 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the Z sex chromosome. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 16.68 kilobases in length.

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