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The genome sequence of the common adder, Vipera berus (Linnaeus, 1758)
John Benjamin Ben Owens1,2, Wolfgang Wüster1, John Mulley3
1Molecular Ecology and Evolution at Bangor (MEEB), School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Environment Centre Wales, Bangor, Wales, LL57 2UW, UK.
Abstract:
We present a genome assembly from an individual female Vipera berus (common adder; Chordata; Lepidosauria; Squamata; Viperidae). The haplotype-resolved assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 1,695.0 megabases and 1,476.7 megabases, respectively. Most of haplotype 1 (98.45%) is scaffolded into 19 chromosomal pseudomolecules, while haplotype 2 is assembled to scaffold level. Haplotype 1 achieves the Earth Biogenome Project reference standard of 6.C.Q52. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 17.35 kilobases in length.
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