Chromosome-level genome assembly of Norwegian wild alpine reindeer ( <i>Rangifer tarandus tarandus</i> )
We describe a chromosome-level genome assembly from a wild alpine reindeer individual (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) from the Rondane area in Southern Norway. The assembly is resolved into two pseudo-haplotypes: hap 1 spanning 3,081 megabases and hap 2 spanning 2,633 megabases. Contig N50 and scaffold N50 lengths are in the range of 31-41 Mb and 66-69 Mb, respectively. A large part of these two haplotypes (83.8% and 90.4%, respectively) are scaffolded into 34 autosomal chromosomal pseudomolecules, and in sex chromosomes X and Y for hap 1. The BUSCO completeness scores are 98.0% and 95.2%, respectively, and gene annotations of the assemblies identified 37,998 and 36,977 protein-coding genes. We also present an updated and improved genome assembly for Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus; contig N50 46-48 Mb, scaffold N50 67-71 Mb, BUSCO 95.4% - 98.0%) and a comparison with previously published genome assemblies of reindeer.
Authors
- Olav Strand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6189-6309)
- Morten Skage (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5312-8038)
- Atle Mysterud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8993-7382)
- Christer M. Rolandsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5628-0385)
- Kjetill S. Jakobsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8861-5397)
- José Cerca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7788-4367)
- Ole K. Tørresen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1932-8212)
- Ave Tooming‐Klunderud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0057-2873)
- Giada Ferrari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0850-1518)
- Anne Eline Streitlien
Institutions
- University of Oslo (NO)
- Science for Life Laboratory (SE)
- Swedish Museum of Natural History (SE)
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NO)
- Hôpital Fontmaure (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Heredity
- Published
- 2025-11-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esaf094
- Primary Topic
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet
- Norwegian Sequencing Centre
- Universitetet i Bergen
- Universitetet i Oslo
- Norges Forskningsråd
- Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet
- Miljødirektoratet