Wellcome Open Research (Feb 2020)

The genome sequence of the Eurasian red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus 1758 [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

  • Daniel Mead,
  • Kathryn Fingland,
  • Rachel Cripps,
  • Roberto Portela Miguez,
  • Michelle Smith,
  • Craig Corton,
  • Karen Oliver,
  • Jason Skelton,
  • Emma Betteridge,
  • Jale Dolucan,
  • Olga Dudchenko,
  • Arina D. Omer,
  • David Weisz,
  • Erez Lieberman Aiden,
  • Olivier Fedrigo,
  • Jacquelyn Mountcastle,
  • Erich Jarvis,
  • Shane A. McCarthy,
  • Ying Sims,
  • James Torrance,
  • Alan Tracey,
  • Kerstin Howe,
  • Richard Challis,
  • Richard Durbin,
  • Mark Blaxter

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15679.1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5

Abstract

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We present a genome assembly from an individual male Sciurus vulgaris (the Eurasian red squirrel; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Eutheria; Rodentia; Sciuridae). The genome sequence is 2.88 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly is scaffolded into 21 chromosomal-level scaffolds, with both X and Y sex chromosomes assembled.