The genome sequence of the Eurasian red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus 1758.
Daniel MeadKathryn FinglandRachel CrippsRoberto Portela-MiguezMichelle SmithCraig CortonKaren OliverJason SkeltonEmma BetteridgeJale Doulcan DoulcanOlga DudchenkoArina D OmerDavid WeiszErez Lieberman AidenOlivier FedrigoJacquelyn MountcastleErich JarvisShane A McCarthyYing SimsJames TorranceAlan TraceyKerstin HoweRichard ChallisRichard DurbinMark L BlaxterPublished in: Wellcome open research (2020)
We present a genome assembly from an individual male Sciurus vulgaris (the Eurasian red squirrel; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Eutheria; Rodentia; Sciuridae). The genome sequence is 2.88 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly is scaffolded into 21 chromosomal-level scaffolds, with both X and Y sex chromosomes assembled.