The Genome Sequence of the Red Fox, (Linnaeus, 1758)

Overview

Journal Wellcome Open Res

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2025 Feb 24

PMID 39990997

Authors

Rosa Lopez Colom

Michelle OBrien

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Abstract

We present a genome assembly from an individual female (red fox; Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora, Canidae). The assembly comprises two haplotypes, with total lengths of 2,411.71 megabases and 2,398.53 megabases, respectively. For both haplotypes, 97.8% of haplotype 1 and 97.97% of haplotype 2 are scaffolded into 17 chromosomal pseudomolecules. Additionally, the mitochondrial genome has been assembled, with a total length of 16.68 kilobases.

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