The complete genome sequence of the ghost bat, Macroderma gigas
<ns3:p> The ghost bat ( <ns3:italic>Macroderma gigas)</ns3:italic> is a large carnivorous bat inhabiting monsoonal tropics and arid habitat across northern Australia and is currently listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. We sequenced long-reads of DNA using PacBio HiFi to generate a 2.00 Gb genome consisting of 313 scaffolds, and accompany this with short-read transcriptomes from five tissues to aid in genome annotation using Fgenesh++. The generation of a reference genome will assist in conservation of the species, particularly in relation to understanding the genomic basis of arid adaptation and ongoing development of non-invasive genetic monitoring techniques. </ns3:p>
Authors
- Kym Ottewell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4273-3224)
- Luke W. Silver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1718-5756)
- Kyle N. Armstrong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3228-9182)
- Carolyn J. Hogg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6328-398X)
- Nicola Hanrahan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8282-2590)
- Sam C. Banks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2415-0057)
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- Charles Darwin University (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science (AU)
- Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (AU)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- F1000Research
- Published
- 2025-12-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.172914.1
- Primary Topic
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00