RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the brown anole (Anolis sagrei), a model species for evolution and ecology JF bioRxiv FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory SP 2021.09.28.462146 DO 10.1101/2021.09.28.462146 A1 Anthony J. Geneva A1 Sungdae Park A1 Dan Bock A1 Pietro de Mello A1 Fatih Sarigol A1 Marc Tollis A1 Colin Donihue A1 R. Graham Reynolds A1 Nathalie Feiner A1 Ashley M. Rasys A1 James D. Lauderdale A1 Sergio G. Minchey A1 Aaron J. Alcala A1 Carlos R. Infante A1 Jason J. Kolbe A1 Dolph Schluter A1 Douglas B. Menke A1 Jonathan B. Losos YR 2021 UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2021/09/30/2021.09.28.462146.abstract AB 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.