DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esag088 ISSN: 0022-1503
A chromosome-level reference genome of the largest cervid species - the European moose ( Alces alces ; Linnaeus, 1758)
Ole K Tørresen, Atle Mysterud, Morten Skage, Bram Danneels, Marius A Strand, Giada Ferrari, Ave Tooming-Klunderud, Kjetill S JakobsenAbstract
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.