The genome sequence of Quercus cerris L., 1753 (Fagales: Fagaceae)
<ns5:p> We present a genome assembly of <ns5:italic>Quercus cerris</ns5:italic> (Turkey oak; Streptophyta; Magnoliopsida; Fagales; Fagaceae). The genome sequence has a total length of 777.39 megabases. Most of the assembly (99.89%) is scaffolded into 12 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial sequences have lengths of 380.47 and 15.0 kilobases and the plastid genome assembly has a length of 161.2 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 25 805 protein-coding genes. This assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces reference genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland. </ns5:p>
Authors
- Ilia J. Leitch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3837-8186)
- Maarten J. M. Christenhusz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1398-8743)
- Michael Mengl
- Berthold Heinze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7571-9138)
- Michael F. Fay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3491-9093)
- Plant Genome Sizing collective
- Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Genome Acquisition Lab
- Tree of Life Core Informatics collective
- Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective
Institutions
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (GB)
- Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (GB)
- Austrian Research Centre for Forests (AT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Wellcome Open Research
- Published
- 2026-06-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26783.1
- Primary Topic
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00