The genome sequence of the European golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos chrysaetos Linnaeus 1758

Dan Mead; Rob Ogden; Anna Meredith; Gabriela Peniche; Michelle Smith; Craig Corton; Karen Oliver; Jason Skelton; Emma Betteridge; Jale Doulcan; Nadine Holmes; Victoria Wright; Matt Loose; Michael A Quail; Shane A McCarthy; Kerstin Howe; William Chow; James Torrance; Joanna Collins; Richard Challis; Richard Durbin; Mark Blaxter

doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16631.1

The genome sequence of the European golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos chrysaetos Linnaeus 1758

Wellcome Open Res. 2021 May 14:6:112. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16631.1. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Dan Mead^{1

2}, Rob Ogden³, Anna Meredith^{3

4}, Gabriela Peniche³, Michelle Smith¹, Craig Corton¹, Karen Oliver¹, Jason Skelton¹, Emma Betteridge¹, Jale Doulcan^{1

5}, Nadine Holmes⁶, Victoria Wright⁶, Matt Loose⁶, Michael A Quail¹, Shane A McCarthy^{1

7}, Kerstin Howe¹, William Chow¹, James Torrance¹, Joanna Collins¹, Richard Challis¹, Richard Durbin^{1

7}, Mark Blaxter¹

Affiliations

¹ Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.
² Owlstone Medical, Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge, CB4 0GJ, UK.
³ Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Sciences and Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK.
⁴ Melbourne Veterinary School, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia.
⁵ Achilles Therapeutics plc, London, W6 8PW, UK.
⁶ Deep Seq, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK.
⁷ Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EH, UK.

Abstract

We present a genome assembly from an individual female Aquila chrysaetos chrysaetos (the European golden eagle; Chordata; Aves; Accipitridae). The genome sequence is 1.23 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly is scaffolded into 28 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the W and Z sex chromosomes.

Keywords: Aquila chrysaetos; European golden eagle; chromosomal; genome sequence.

Grants and funding

WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom