Baer's pochard (Aythya baeri) is a critically endangered duck species historically widespread in East Asia. Lei Zhang reports the first high-quality genome assembly for this species, with a total length of 1.14 Gb. The assembly is anchored to 35 chromosomes and includes annotation for 18,581 protein-coding genes.
Use Cases
- Assessing genetic diversity and population structure based on the annotated genome.
- Identifying candidate genes for conservation management using the predicted protein-coding genes.
- Studying avian genome evolution and repetitive sequences based on the 157.06 Mb of identified repeats.
- Facilitating comparative genomics studies with other bird species using the chromosome-level assembly.
Strengths
- The genome assembly is chromosome-level, with 97.88% of scaffold sequences anchored onto 35 chromosomes.
- BUSCO assessment indicates 97.00% completeness for highly conserved Aves genes.
- The assembly includes functional annotation for 99.00% of the 18,581 predicted protein-coding genes.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- Lei Zhang
- Collection Method
- Genome sequencing and assembly, likely using Hi-C data for chromosome anchoring.
- Geography
- Species historically widespread in East Asia; genome source location unknown.