Reference genome of the California glossy snake, Arizona elegans occidentalis: A declining California Species of Special Concern.

ABSTRACT: The glossy snake (Arizona elegans) is a polytypic species broadly distributed across southwestern North America. The species occupies habitats ranging from California's coastal chaparral to the shortgrass prairies of Texas and southeastern Nebraska, to the extensive arid scrublands of central México. Three subspecies are currently recognized in California, one of which is afforded state-level protection based on the extensive loss and modification of its preferred alluvial coastal scrub and inland desert habitat. We report the first genome assembly of A. elegans occidentalis as part of the California Conservation Genomics Project (CCGP). Consistent with the reference genome strategy of the CCGP, we used Pacific Biosciences HiFi long reads and Hi-C chromatin-proximity sequencing technologie

SUBMITTER: Wood DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9923794 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature