ERGA; European Reference Genome Atlas; biodiversity conservation; conservation genetics; Biodiversity; Genome; Genomics; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Abstract :
[en] Progress in genome sequencing now enables the large-scale generation of reference genomes. Various international initiatives aim to generate reference genomes representing global biodiversity. These genomes provide unique insights into genomic diversity and architecture, thereby enabling comprehensive analyses of population and functional genomics, and are expected to revolutionize conservation genomics.
Disciplines :
Zoology
Author, co-author :
Formenti, Giulio; The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Ave, New York, NY 10065, USA
Theissinger, Kathrin; LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Georg-Voigt-Str. 14-16, 60325 Frankfurt/Main, Germany, University of Koblenz-Landau, Institute for Environmental Sciences, Fortstrasse 7, 76829 Landau, Germany, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Georg-Voigt-Str. 14-16, 60325 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Fernandes, Carlos; CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal, Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa, Alameda da Universidade, 1649-013 Lisboa, Portugal
Bista, Iliana; University of Cambridge, Department of Genetics, Cambridge CB2 3EH, UK, Wellcome Sanger Institute, CB10 1SA, Hinxton, UK
Bombarely, Aureliano; Universita degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milano, Italy
Bleidorn, Christoph; University of Göttingen, Department of Animal Evolution and Biodiversity, Untere Karspüle, 2, 37073, Germany
Ciofi, Claudio; University of Florence, Department of Biology, Via Madonna del Piano 6, Sesto Fiorentino (FI) 50019, Italy
Crottini, Angelica; CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
Godoy, José A; Estación Biológica de Doñana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Av. Américo Vespucio, 26, 41092, Spain
Höglund, Jacob; Dept. of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, 75246, Sweden
Malukiewicz, Joanna; German Primate Center, Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Mouton, Alice ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > Laboratoire de génétique de la conservation
Oomen, Rebekah A; Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo, Blindernveien 31, 0371 Oslo, Norway, Centre for Coastal Research, University of Agder, Gimlemoen 25j, 4630 Kristiansand, Norway
Paez, Sadye; The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Ave, New York, NY 10065, USA
Palsbøll, Per J; Groningen Institute of Evolutionary Life Sciences University of Groningen Nijenborgh, 9747, AG, Groningen, the Netherlands, Center for Coastal Studies, 5 Holway Avenue, Provincetown, MA 02657, USA
Pampoulie, Christophe; Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Fornubúðir, 5, 220 Hanafjörður, Iceland
Ruiz-López, María J; Estación Biológica de Doñana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Av. Américo Vespucio, 26, 41092, Spain
Svardal, Hannes; Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020, Belgium
Theofanopoulou, Constantina; The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Ave, New York, NY 10065, USA
de Vries, Jan; University of Göttingen, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, Dept. of Applied Bioinformatics, Goettingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Campus Institute Data Science (CIDAS), Goldschmidtstr. 1, 37077, Germany
Waldvogel, Ann-Marie; Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, Zülpicherstrasse 47b, D-50674, Germany
Zhang, Guojie; Villum Center for Biodiversity Genomics, Section for Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Build 3, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark, China National Genebank, BGI-Shenzhen, Jinsha Road, Dapeng District, Shenzhen 518083, China
Mazzoni, Camila J; Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Alfred-Kowalke-Str 17, 10315 Berlin, Germany
Jarvis, Erich D; The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Ave, New York, NY 10065, USA
Bálint, Miklós; LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Georg-Voigt-Str. 14-16, 60325 Frankfurt/Main, Germany, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Georg-Voigt-Str. 14-16, 60325 Frankfurt/Main, Germany, Institute for Insect Biotechnology, Justus-Liebig University Gießen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Giessen, Germany. Electronic address: miklos.balint@senckenberg.de
We thank Fabien Condamine, Love Dalén, Richard Durbin, Bruno Fosso, Roderic Guigó, Marc Hanikenne, Alberto Pallavicini, Olga Vinnere Pettersson, Xavier Turon, and Detlef Weigel for their contributions to the manuscript, as well as the whole ERGA community for their ongoing support. We refer to the supplemental information online for acknowledgements for individual authors. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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