Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) and leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) de novo genomes to study the demographic history and genetic diversity of southern seals
The first genome assemblies for these seals will lay the groundwork for population-level and other studies to better understand their evolutionary history and biology and to aid conservation efforts.
Authors
- Axel Janke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9394-1904)
- Alexander Ben Hamadou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9826-902X)
- Asunción Borrell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-0724)
- Georgios A. Gkafas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6410-682X)
- Marcel Nebenführ (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8802-2105)
- Álex Aguilar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5751-2512)
Institutions
- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- University of Thessaly (GR)
- Senckenberg - Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research (DE)
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (DE)
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (DE)
- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Biology
- Published
- 2025-04-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02207-w
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.61