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The genome sequence of the eurasian river otter, lutra lutra linnaeus 1758

  • Dan Mead
  • , Frank Hailer
  • , Elisabeth Chadwick
  • , Roberto Portela Miguez
  • , Michelle Smith
  • , Craig Corton
  • , Karen Oliver
  • , Jason Skelton
  • , Emma Betteridge
  • , Jale Doulcan Doulcan
  • , Olga Dudchenko
  • , Arina Omer
  • , David Weisz
  • , Erez Lieberman Aiden
  • , Shane McCarthy
  • , Kerstin Howe
  • , Ying Sims
  • , James Torrance
  • , Alan Tracey
  • , Richard Challis
  • Richard Durbin, Mark Blaxter

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Abstract

We present a genome assembly from an individual male Lutra lutra (the Eurasian river otter; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Eutheria; Carnivora; Mustelidae). The genome sequence is 2.44 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly is scaffolded into 20 chromosomal pseudomolecules, with both X and Y sex chromosomes assembled.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number33
JournalWellcome Open Research
Volume5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Chromosomal
  • Genome sequence
  • Lutra lutra
  • River otter

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Medicine (miscellaneous)
  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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