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. 2024 Aug 27:13:251.
doi: 10.12688/f1000research.144352.2. eCollection 2024.

A reference genome, mitochondrial genome and associated transcriptomes for the critically endangered swift parrot ( Lathamus discolor)

Luke W Silver  1 , Dejan Stojanovic  2 , Katherine A Farquharson  1   3 , Lauren Alexander  1   3 , Emma Peel  1   3 , Katherine Belov  1   3 , Carolyn J Hogg  1   3
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A reference genome, mitochondrial genome and associated transcriptomes for the critically endangered swift parrot ( Lathamus discolor)

Luke W Silver et al. F1000Res. .

Abstract

The swift parrot ( Lathamus discolor) is a Critically Endangered migratory parrot that breeds in Tasmania and winters on the Australian mainland. Here we provide a reference genome assembly for the swift parrot. We sequence PacBio HiFi reads to create a high-quality reference assembly and identify a complete mitochondrial sequence. We also generate a reference transcriptome from five organs to inform genome annotation. The genome was 1.24 Gb in length and consisted of 847 contigs with a contig N50 of 18.97 Gb and L50 of 20 contigs. This study provides an annotated reference assembly and transcriptomic resources for the swift parrot to assist in future conservation genomic research.

Keywords: Aves; Genome assembly; mitogenome; reference genome; transcriptome.

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Conflict of interest statement

No competing interests were disclosed.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Mitochondrial genome of the swift parrot ( Lathamus discolor) generated with Proksee ( Grant et al., 2023).
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