The genome sequence of the eastern grey squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, 1788 [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

We present a genome assembly from an individual male Sciurus carolinensis (the eastern grey squirrel; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Eutheria; Rodentia; Sciuridae). The genome sequence is 2.82 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly (92.3%) is scaffolded into 21 chromosomal-level scaffolds, with both...

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Main Authors: Dan Mead, Kathryn Fingland, Rachel Cripps, Roberto Portela Miguez, Michelle Smith, Craig Corton, Karen Oliver, Jason Skelton, Emma Betteridge, Jale Doulcan, Michael A. Quail, Shane A. McCarthy, Kerstin Howe, Ying Sims, James Torrance, Alan Tracey, Richard Challis, Richard Durbin, Mark Blaxter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wellcome 2020-02-01
Series:Wellcome Open Research
Online Access:https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/5-27/v1