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

Daniel G. Mead, Kathryn Fingland, Rachel Cripps, Roberto Portela Miguez, Michelle Smith, Craig Corton, Karen Oliver, Jason Skelton, Emma Betteridge, Jale Dolucan,

Wellcome Open Research · 2020 · 10 citations · 19 references

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<ns3:p> We present a genome assembly from an individual male <ns3:italic>Sciurus vulgaris</ns3:italic> (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. </ns3:p>

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