RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Genome Report: Chromosome-level draft assemblies of the snow leopard, African leopard, and tiger (<em>Panthera uncia, Panthera pardus pardus</em>, and <em>Panthera tigris</em>)
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 2022.04.26.489474
DO 10.1101/2022.04.26.489474
A1 Ellie E. Armstrong
A1 Michael G. Campana
A1 Katherine A. Solari
A1 Simon R. Morgan
A1 Oliver A. Ryder
A1 Vincent N. Naude
A1 Gustaf Samelius
A1 Koustubh Sharma
A1 Elizabeth A. Hadly
A1 Dmitri A. Petrov
YR 2022
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2022/04/27/2022.04.26.489474.abstract
AB 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.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.