ERGA-BGE reference genome of the Azores Bullfinch - Pyrrhula murina Godman, 1866: an IUCN Vulnerable Species endemic to a single island in the Azores Archipelago (Portugal)
<i>The reference genome of Pyrrhula murina</i>'s reference genome will substantially enhance the current monitoring of genetic diversity and population viability and will allow us to understand the effective population size trends throughout time and recent bottlenecks and population expansions. A total of 42 contiguous chromosomal pseudomolecules were assembled from the genome sequence, using ONT, HI-C and Illumina data. This chromosome-level assembly encompasses 1.2 Gb, composed of 65 contigs and 60 scaffolds, with contig and scaffold N50 values of 65 Mb and 76 Mb, respectively.
Authors
- Francisco Câmara Ferreira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1971-5466)
- Thomas Marcussen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1960-9508)
- Rebekah A. Oomen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2094-5592)
- Torsten Hugo Struck
- Ricardo Jorge Lopes
- Jèssica Gómez-Garrido
- Marta Gut
- Fernando Cruz
- Tyler S. Alioto
- Laura Aguilera
- Astrid Böhne
- Rita Monteiro
Institutions
- University of New Brunswick (CA)
- University of Lisbon (PT)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- University of Agder (NO)
- Saint John Regional Hospital (CA)
- Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (DE)
- Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (ES)
- Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia (PT)
- Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
- University of Gothenburg (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Research Europe
- Published
- 2026-03-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.20666.3
- Primary Topic
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- UK Research and Innovation
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
- German Network for Bioinformatics Infrastructure
- HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme
- Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation