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ArticleGigaScience2022

A high-quality, long-read genome assembly of the endangered ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).

Marc Palmada-Flores, Joseph D Orkin, Bettina Haase, Jacquelyn Mountcastle, Mads F Bertelsen, Olivier Fedrigo, Lukas F K Kuderna, Erich D Jarvis, Tomas Marques-Bonet

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Article in GigaScience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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  1. Rapid centromere turnover and the adaptive radiation of lemurs.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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Marc Palmada-FloresDepartment of Medicine and Life Sciences (MELIS), Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat Pompeu Fabra-CSIC, Barcelona 08003, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0246-5226
Joseph D OrkinDepartment of Medicine and Life Sciences (MELIS), Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat Pompeu Fabra-CSIC, Barcelona 08003, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6922-2072
Bettina HaaseThe Vertebrate Genomes Lab, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8945-7282
Jacquelyn MountcastleThe Vertebrate Genomes Lab, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1078-4905
Mads F BertelsenDepartment of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C 1870, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-9201-7499
Olivier FedrigoThe Vertebrate Genomes Lab, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6450-7551
Lukas F K KudernaDepartment of Medicine and Life Sciences (MELIS), Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat Pompeu Fabra-CSIC, Barcelona 08003, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9992-9295
Erich D JarvisThe Vertebrate Genomes Lab, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8931-5049
Tomas Marques-BonetDepartment of Medicine and Life Sciences (MELIS), Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat Pompeu Fabra-CSIC, Barcelona 08003, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5597-3075

Funding

Identification of Genetic and Molecular Bases of Derived Phenotypes in Primate Brain DevelopmentR01HG010898 · NHGRI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SANTPERE BARO, GABRIEL, SESTAN, NENAD · 2020 to 2023
$2.2M
NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG010898
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) is a charismatic strepsirrhine primate endemic to Madagascar. These lemurs are of particular interest, given their status as a flagship species and widespread publicity in the popular media. Unfortunately, a recent population decline has resulted in the census population decreasing to <2,500 individuals in the wild, and the species's classification as an endangered species by the IUCN. As is the case for most strepsirrhine primates, only a limited amount of genomic research has been conducted on L. catta, in part owing to the lack of genomic resources.

resultsWe generated a new high-quality reference genome assembly for L. catta (mLemCat1) that conforms to the standards of the Vertebrate Genomes Project. This new long-read assembly is composed of Pacific Biosciences continuous long reads (CLR data), Optical Mapping Bionano reads, Arima HiC data, and 10X linked reads. The contiguity and completeness of the assembly are extremely high, with scaffold and contig N50 values of 90.982 and 10.570 Mb, respectively. Additionally, when compared to other high-quality primate assemblies, L. catta has the lowest reported number of Alu elements, which results predominantly from a lack of AluS and AluY elements.

conclusionsmLemCat1 is an excellent genomic resource not only for the ring-tailed lemur community, but also for other members of the Lemuridae family, and is the first very long read assembly for a strepsirrhine.

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LemurAnimalsEndangered SpeciesGenomeGenomicsMadagascarALUslemuridaelong-read assemblymitogenomeprimaterepeatsscaffoldingStrepsirrhine

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