The genome sequence of the European nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Simona Secomandi; Fernando Spina; Giulio Formenti; Guido Roberto Gallo; Manuela Caprioli; Roberto Ambrosini; Sara Riello; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life programme; Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: DNA Pipelines collective; Tree of Life Core Informatics collective; Darwin Tree of Life Consortium

doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17451.1

The genome sequence of the European nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Wellcome Open Res. 2021 Dec 7:6:332. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17451.1. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Simona Secomandi¹, Fernando Spina², Giulio Formenti^{3

4}, Guido Roberto Gallo¹, Manuela Caprioli⁵, Roberto Ambrosini⁵, Sara Riello⁶; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life programme; Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: DNA Pipelines collective; Tree of Life Core Informatics collective; Darwin Tree of Life Consortium

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
² Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy.
³ Vertebrate Genome Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA.
⁵ Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Riserva Naturale Statale "Isole di Ventotene e S. Stefano", Ventotene, Italy.

Abstract

We present a genome assembly from an individual female Caprimulgus europaeus (the European nightjar; Chordata; Aves; Caprimulgiformes; Caprimulgidae). The genome sequence is 1,178 megabases in span. The majority of the assembly (99.33%) is scaffolded into 37 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the W and Z sex chromosomes.

Keywords: Caprimulgus europaeus; Eurasian nightjar; European nightjar; chromosomal; genome sequence.

Grants and funding

WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom