The genome sequence of Erhard's wall lizard, Podarcis erhardii (Bedriaga, 1882)
Nathalie Feiner1,2, Tobias Uller2, Kinsey M Brock3,4
1Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany.
Wellcome Open Research
|June 27, 2025
Abstract:
We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of Podarcis erhardii (Erhard's wall lizard; Chordata; Lepidosauria; Squamata; Lacertidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 1,495.98 megabases and 1,477.75 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (99.28%) is scaffolded into 20 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the W and Z sex chromosomes. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 17.14 kilobases.
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