Chromosome-length genome assembly and linkage map of a critically endangered Australian bird: the helmeted honeyeater

• Published in: Gigascience Vol. 11
• Main Authors: Robledo-Ruiz, Diana A, Gan, Han Ming, Kaur, Parwinder, Dudchenko, Olga, Weisz, David, Khan, Ruqayya, Lieberman Aiden, Erez, Osipova, Ekaterina, Hiller, Michael, Morales, Hernán E, Magrath, Michael J L, Clarke, Rohan H, Sunnucks, Paul, Pavlova, Alexandra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Oxford University Press 29.03.2022
• Subjects: Animals; Annotations; Assembly; Australia; Chromosome Mapping; Chromosomes; Comparative analysis; Conservation; Data Note; Density; Endangered species; Female; Gene mapping; Genetic Linkage; Genomes; High density; Male; Nucleotides; Passeriformes - genetics; Pleistocene; Population decline; Recombination; Scaffolds; Sex Chromosomes; Sexual dimorphism; Single-nucleotide polymorphism; Somatic chromosomes; Synteny; Z chromosomes; Australia

Abstract Background The helmeted honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops cassidix) is a Critically Endangered bird endemic to Victoria, Australia. To aid its conservation, the population is the subject of genetic rescue. To understand, monitor, and modulate the effects of genetic rescue on the helmeted h...