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A comparative genomics multitool for scientific discovery and conservation

Zoonomia Consortium Abstract The Zoonomia Project is investigating the genomics of shared and specialized traits in eutherian mammals. Here we provide genome assemblies for 131 species, of which all but 9 are previously uncharacterized, and describe a whole-genome alignment of 240 species of considerable phylogenetic diversity, comprising representatives from more than 80% of mammalian families.…
Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics

Shaohong Feng, Josefin Stiller, […] Guojie Zhang Abstract Whole-genome sequencing projects are increasingly populating the tree of life and characterizing biodiversity. Sparse taxon sampling has previously been proposed to confound phylogenetic inference, and captures only a fraction of the genomic diversity. Here we report a substantial step towards the dense representation of avian phylogenetic and…
Progressive Cactus is a multiple-genome aligner for the thousand-genome era

Joel Armstrong, Glenn Hickey, Mark Diekhans, Ian T. Fiddes, Adam M. Novak, Alden Deran, Qi Fang, Duo Xie, Shaohong Feng, Josefin Stiller, Diane Genereux, Jeremy Johnson, Voichita Dana Marinescu, Jessica Alföldi, Robert S. Harris, Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, David Haussler, Elinor Karlsson, Erich D. Jarvis, Guojie Zhang, and Benedict Paten Abstract New genome assemblies have been arriving…