Chromosome-Level Reference Genome Assembly for the American Pika (Ochotona princeps).

ABSTRACT: The American pika (Ochotona princeps) is an alpine lagomorph found throughout western North America. Primarily inhabiting talus slopes at higher elevations (>2000 m), American pikas are well adapted to cold, montane environments. Warming climates on both historical and contemporary scales have contributed to population declines in American pikas, positioning them as a focal mammalian species for investigating the ecological effects of climate change. To support and expand ongoing research efforts, here, we present a highly contiguous and annotated reference genome assembly for the American pika (OchPri4.0). This assembly was produced using Dovetail de novo proximity ligation methods and annotated through the NCBI Eukaryotic Genome Annotation pipeline. The resulting assembly was chromosome-

SUBMITTER: Sjodin BMF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8558581 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature