The genome sequence of the European turtle dove, Linnaeus 1758.

We present a genome assembly from an individual female (the European turtle dove; Chordata; Aves; Columbidae). The genome sequence is 1.18 gigabases in span.

Complete vertebrate mitogenomes reveal widespread repeats and gene duplications.

Background: Modern sequencing technologies should make the assembly of the relatively small mitochondrial genomes an easy undertaking. However, few tools exist that address mitochondrial assembly directly.

Results: As part of the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP) we develop mitoVGP, a fully automated pipeline for similarity-based identification of mitochondrial reads and de novo assembly of mitochondrial genomes that incorporates both long (> 10 kbp, PacBio or Nanopore) and short (100-300 bp, Illumina) reads.

The genome sequence of the Eurasian red squirrel, Linnaeus 1758.

We present a genome assembly from an individual male (the Eurasian red squirrel; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Eutheria; Rodentia; Sciuridae). The genome sequence is 2.88 gigabases in span.

The gene-rich genome of the scallop Pecten maximus.

Background: The king scallop, Pecten maximus, is distributed in shallow waters along the Atlantic coast of Europe. It forms the basis of a valuable commercial fishery and plays a key role in coastal ecosystems and food webs. Like other filter feeding bivalves it can accumulate potent phytotoxins, to which it has evolved some immunity.