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ArticleG3 (Bethesda, Md.)2026

De novo genome assembly of Ansell's mole-rat (Fukomys anselli).

Milica Bekavac, Raphael Coimbra, Veronica F Busa, Mikaela Behm, Rebecca E Wagner, Angela Goncalves, Sabine Begall, Michaela Frye, Duncan T Odom

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Milica BekavacGerman Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Division of Regulatory Genomics and Cancer Evolution, Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, Heidelberg 69120, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.ORCID 0009-0005-1082-9204
Raphael CoimbraGerman Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Division of Regulatory Genomics and Cancer Evolution, Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, Heidelberg 69120, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6075-7203
Veronica F BusaGerman Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Division of Regulatory Genomics and Cancer Evolution, Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, Heidelberg 69120, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3981-9975
Mikaela BehmGerman Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Division of Mechanisms Regulating Gene Expression, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, Heidelberg 69120, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Rebecca E WagnerGerman Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Division of Mechanisms Regulating Gene Expression, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, Heidelberg 69120, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Angela GoncalvesGerman Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Division of Computational and Molecular Prevention, Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, Heidelberg 69120, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Sabine BegallDepartment of General Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstr. 5, Essen 45117, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9907-6387
Michaela FryeGerman Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Division of Mechanisms Regulating Gene Expression, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, Heidelberg 69120, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Duncan T OdomGerman Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Division of Regulatory Genomics and Cancer Evolution, Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, Heidelberg 69120, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6201-5599

Funding

European Research Council 788937Helmholtz Association W2/W3-106
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ansell's mole-rat (Fukomys anselli) is an African rodent known for its subterranean lifestyle and unique phenotypic traits, including extreme longevity, magnetoreception, and a cooperative breeding social structure. Efforts to dissect the genetic architecture of these traits and to decipher their phylogenetic relationships within the broader African mole-rat family would greatly benefit from a reference-grade genome. Here, we report a first genome assembly of a male Ansell's mole-rat. By combining Oxford Nanopore Technologies long reads and Illumina short reads with Hi-C data, we generated a chromosome level assembly with a total length of 2.27 Gb, 412 scaffolds, and a scaffold N50 of 72.4 Mb. We identified 99.54% of expected genes and annotated 29,094 transcripts using RNA sequencing data. This high-quality de novo genome of F. anselli lays the foundation for dissecting the genetic and evolutionary basis of its extraordinary traits and resolving African mole-rat phylogeny.

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GenomeGenomicsMole RatsAnimalsMaleMolecular Sequence AnnotationPhylogenyAnimaliaAnsell's mole-ratBathyergidaeFukomys anselligenome assemblymole-ratnanopore

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PMID41219156
PMCPMC12774600

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