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Genome Report: Chromosome-level draft assemblies of the snow leopard, African leopard, and tiger (Panthera uncia, Panthera pardus pardus, and Panthera tigris)

View ORCID ProfileEllie E. Armstrong, View ORCID ProfileMichael G. Campana, View ORCID ProfileKatherine A. Solari, View ORCID ProfileSimon R. Morgan, View ORCID ProfileOliver A. Ryder, View ORCID ProfileVincent N. Naude, View ORCID ProfileGustaf Samelius, View ORCID ProfileKoustubh Sharma, View ORCID ProfileElizabeth A. Hadly, View ORCID ProfileDmitri A. Petrov
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.26.489474
Ellie E. Armstrong
1Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
2Department of Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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Michael G. Campana
3Center for Conservation Genomics, Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park and Conservation Biology Institute, Washington DC, USA
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Katherine A. Solari
1Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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Simon R. Morgan
1Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
4Wildlife ACT Fund Trust, South Africa
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Oliver A. Ryder
5San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Beckman Center for Conservation Research, San Diego, CA 92027, USA
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Vincent N. Naude
6Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, 7602, South Africa
7School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Gustaf Samelius
8Snow Leopard Trust, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Koustubh Sharma
8Snow Leopard Trust, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
9Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore, India
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Elizabeth A. Hadly
1Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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Dmitri A. Petrov
1Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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Abstract

The big cats (genus Panthera) represent some of the most popular and charismatic species on the planet. Although some reference genomes are available for this clade, few are at the chromosome level, inhibiting high-resolution genomic studies. Here, we assemble genomes from three members of the genus, the tiger (Panthera tigris), the snow leopard (Panthera uncia), and the African leopard (Panthera pardus pardus), at chromosome or near-chromosome level. We used a combination of short- and long-read technologies, as well as proximity ligation data from Hi-C technology, to achieve high continuity and contiguity for each individual. We hope these genomes will aid in further evolutionary and conservation research of this iconic group of mammals.

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Genome Report: Chromosome-level draft assemblies of the snow leopard, African leopard, and tiger (Panthera uncia, Panthera pardus pardus, and Panthera tigris)
Ellie E. Armstrong, Michael G. Campana, Katherine A. Solari, Simon R. Morgan, Oliver A. Ryder, Vincent N. Naude, Gustaf Samelius, Koustubh Sharma, Elizabeth A. Hadly, Dmitri A. Petrov
bioRxiv 2022.04.26.489474; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.26.489474
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Genome Report: Chromosome-level draft assemblies of the snow leopard, African leopard, and tiger (Panthera uncia, Panthera pardus pardus, and Panthera tigris)
Ellie E. Armstrong, Michael G. Campana, Katherine A. Solari, Simon R. Morgan, Oliver A. Ryder, Vincent N. Naude, Gustaf Samelius, Koustubh Sharma, Elizabeth A. Hadly, Dmitri A. Petrov
bioRxiv 2022.04.26.489474; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.26.489474

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