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Best-practice guidance for Earth BioGenome Project sample collection and processing: progress and challenges in biodiverse reference genome creation.

Mara K N Lawniczak, Kevin M Kocot, Jonas J Astrin, Mark Blaxter, Cibele G Sotero-Caio, Katharine B Barker, Anna K Childers, Jonathan Coddington, Paul Davis, Kerstin Howe and 7 more

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Article in GigaScience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Museum genomics suggests long-term population decline in a putatively extinct bumble bee.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Mara K N LawniczakTree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3006-2080
Kevin M KocotDepartment of Biological Sciences & Alabama Museum of Natural History, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8673-2688
Jonas J AstrinLeibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Museum Koenig, Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1961-1162
Mark BlaxterTree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2861-949X
Cibele G Sotero-CaioTree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3112-0000
Katharine B BarkerNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4788-0223
Anna K ChildersUSDA, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Bee Research Laboratory, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0747-8539
Jonathan CoddingtonNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6004-7730
Paul DavisTree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5545-0824
Kerstin HoweTree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2237-513X
Warren E JohnsonNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5954-186X
Duane D McKennaDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7823-8727
Jeremy G WidemanBiodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4426-9533
Olga Vinnere PetterssonSciLifeLab, National Genomics Infrastructure, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, SE-751 05 Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-5597-1870
Verena RasComputational Biology Division, Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-3938-7241
Bernardo F SantosMuseum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Center for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery, Invalidenstraße 43, Berlin 10115, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2634-3066
Earth BioGenome Project Samples and Processing Subcommittee

Funding

H3ABioNet: informatics solutions for H3AfricaU24HG006941 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN · PI MULDER, NICOLA · 2017 to 2021
$12.9M
Agricultural Research ServiceNational Science Foundation 1846174National Science Foundation 1937815National Science Foundation 2001303National Science Foundation 2110053National Science Foundation 2138994National Science Foundation 2321308National Science Foundation DBI-2119963NHGRI NIH HHS U24 HG006941NHGRI NIH HHS U24HG006941NIH HHSScience for Life LaboratorySwedish Research CouncilWellcome Trust 220540/Z/20/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Earth BioGenome Project has the extremely ambitious goal of generating, at scale, high-quality reference genomes across the entire Tree of Life. Currently in its first phase, the project is targeting family-level representatives and is progressing rapidly. Here we outline recommended standards and considerations in sample acquisition and processing for those involved in biodiverse reference genome creation. These standards and recommendations will evolve with advances in related processes. Additionally, we discuss the challenges raised by the ambitions for later phases of the project, highlighting topics related to sample collection and processing that require further development.

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GenomeGenomicsMetagenomicsSpecimen HandlingEarth, PlanetbiodiversityHi-Clong read sequencingReference genomessample collection

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PMID40440092
PMCPMC12121479

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