Pan-genome analyses add ∼1000 genes to the "complete" genome assembly of chicken

Affiliations

• ¹ Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
• ² Frontiers Science Center for Molecular Design Breeding (MOE) & College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
• ³ College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Herbivore Science, Chongqing 400715, China.
• ⁴ Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China; Key Laboratory of Livestock Biology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
• ⁵ Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China. Electronic address: [email protected].