A chromosome-level reference genome of the largest cervid species - the European moose ( Alces alces ; Linnaeus, 1758)
We describe a chromosome-level, haplotype-resolved genome assembly from a male European moose (Alces alces alces). The assembly comprises two pseudo-haplotypes of 3,148 Mb and 3,112 Mb, with sex chromosomes in haplotype one, and 33 autosomes in each haplotype (68 in total). Assembly completeness is high (BUSCO 98.3% and 95.7%), with 21,496 and 20,498 annotated protein-coding genes for haplotypes one and two, respectively. This genome assembly is the most complete so far generated for European moose.
Authors
- Morten Skage (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5312-8038)
- Atle Mysterud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8993-7382)
- Kjetill S. Jakobsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8861-5397)
- Marius A. Strand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4354-4799)
- Ole K. Tørresen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1932-8212)
- Bram Danneels (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7446-8325)
- Ave Tooming‐Klunderud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0057-2873)
- Giada Ferrari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0850-1518)
Institutions
- University of Oslo (NO)
- University of Bergen (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Heredity
- Published
- 2026-10-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esag088
- Primary Topic
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00