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The genome sequence of the Eurasian red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus 1758.

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.

SUBMITTER: Mead D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7309416 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The genome sequence of the Eurasian red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus 1758.

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

Wellcome open research 20200203

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. ...[more]

PMID: 32587897

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