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A reference genome, mitochondrial genome and associated transcriptomes for the critically endangered swift parrot (
Luke W Silver1, Dejan Stojanovic2, Katherine A Farquharson1,3
1School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, 2006, Australia.
Abstract:
The swift parrot ( Lathamus discolor) is a Critically Endangered migratory parrot that breeds in Tasmania and winters on the Australian mainland. Here we provide a reference genome assembly for the swift parrot. We sequence PacBio HiFi reads to create a high-quality reference assembly and identify a complete mitochondrial sequence. We also generate a reference transcriptome from five organs to inform genome annotation. The genome was 1.24 Gb in length and consisted of 847 contigs with a contig N50 of 18.97 Gb and L50 of 20 contigs. This study provides an annotated reference assembly and transcriptomic resources for the swift parrot to assist in future conservation genomic research.
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