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The genome sequence of the Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus Berkenhout 1769 [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]

Wellcome Open Research 2021
Howe K. et al

We present a genome assembly from an individual male Rattus norvegicus (the Norway rat; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Muridae). The genome sequence is 2.44 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly is scaffolded into 20 chromosomal pseudomolecules, with both X and Y sex chromosomes assembled. This genome assembly, mRatBN7.2, represents the new reference genome for R. norvegicus and has been adopted by the Genome Reference Consortium.

Kerstin Howe

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2237-513X

1, Melinda Dwinell2, Mary Shimoyama2+, Craig Corton1, Emma Betteridge1, Alexander Dove1, Michael A. Quail1, Michelle Smith1, Laura Saba

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9649-1294

3, Robert W. Williams

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8924-4447

4, Hao Chen5, Anne E. Kwitek

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1024-4116

2, Shane A. McCarthy1,6, Marcela Uliano-Silva1, William Chow1, Alan Tracey

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4805-9058

1, James Torrance

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6117-8190

1, Ying Sims1, Richard Challis

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3502-1122

1, Jonathan Threlfall

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8599-4320

1, Mark Blaxter

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2861-949X

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