TY - JOUR T1 - Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the brown anole (<em>Anolis sagrei</em>), a model species for evolution and ecology JF - bioRxiv DO - 10.1101/2021.09.28.462146 SP - 2021.09.28.462146 AU - Anthony J. Geneva AU - Sungdae Park AU - Dan Bock AU - Pietro de Mello AU - Fatih Sarigol AU - Marc Tollis AU - Colin Donihue AU - R. Graham Reynolds AU - Nathalie Feiner AU - Ashley M. Rasys AU - James D. Lauderdale AU - Sergio G. Minchey AU - Aaron J. Alcala AU - Carlos R. Infante AU - Jason J. Kolbe AU - Dolph Schluter AU - Douglas B. Menke AU - Jonathan B. Losos Y1 - 2021/01/01 UR - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2021/09/30/2021.09.28.462146.abstract N2 - Rapid technological improvements are democratizing access to high quality, chromosome-scale genome assemblies. No longer the domain of only the most highly studied model organisms, now non-traditional and emerging model species can be genome-enabled using a combination of sequencing technologies and assembly software. Consequently, old ideas built on sparse sampling across the tree of life have recently been amended in the face of genomic data drawn from a growing number of high-quality reference genomes. Arguably the most valuable are those long-studied species for which much is already known about their biology; what many term emerging model species. Here, we report a new, highly complete chromosome-scale genome assembly for the brown anole, Anolis sagrei – a lizard species widely studied across a variety of disciplines and for which a high-quality reference genome was long overdue.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest. ER -