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Reference genome for the Northern bat (Eptesicus nilssonii), a most northern bat species
Authors: Laine Veronika N., Pulliainen Arto T., Lilley Thomas M.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication year: 2023
Journal: Journal of Heredity
Journal name in source: JOURNAL OF HEREDITY
Article number: esad056
ISSN: 0022-1503
eISSN: 1465-7333
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esad056
Web address : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093%2Fjhered%2Fesad056
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/182378670
The northern bat (Eptesicus nilssonii) is the most northern bat species in the world. Its distribution covers whole Eurasia, and the species is thus well adapted to different habitat types. However, recent population declines have been reported and rapid conservation efforts are needed. Here we present a high-quality de novo genome assembly of a female northern bat from Finland (BLF_Eptnil_asm_v1.0). The assembly was generated using a combination of Pacbio and Omni-C technologies. The primary assembly comprises 726 scaffolds spanning 2.0 Gb, represented by a scaffold N50 of 102 Mb, a contig N50 of 66.2 Mb, and a BUSCO completeness score of 93.73%. Annotation of the assembly identified 20,250 genes. This genome will be an important resource for the conservation and evolutionary genomic studies especially in understanding how rapid environmental changes affect northern species.
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