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
Affiliations
- Daniel Mead
- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
- Kathryn Fingland
- School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG25 0QF, UK
- Rachel Cripps
- The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside, Preston, PR5 6BY, UK
- Roberto Portela Miguez
- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, UK
- Michelle Smith
- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
- Craig Corton
- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
- Karen Oliver
- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
- Jason Skelton
- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
- Emma Betteridge
- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
- Jale Dolucan
- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
- Olga Dudchenko
- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
- Arina D. Omer
- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
- David Weisz
- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
- Erez Lieberman Aiden
- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
- Olivier Fedrigo
- Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Language, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, 10065, USA
- Jacquelyn Mountcastle
- Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Language, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, 10065, USA
- Erich Jarvis
- Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Language, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, 10065, USA
- Shane A. McCarthy
- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EH, UK
- Ying Sims
- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
- James Torrance
- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
- Alan Tracey
- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
- Kerstin Howe
- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
- Richard Challis
- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
- Richard Durbin
- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
- Mark Blaxter
- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15679.1
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 5
Abstract
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.
