Genomic data of the Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)

• Main Authors: Zhang, G, Li, B, Li, C, Gilbert, MTP, Jarvis, E, Consortium, The Avian Genome, Wang, J.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: GigaScience Database 2014
• Subjects: Genomic; Arctic; Fulmar; Pacific; Arctic Fulmar; Fulmarus glacialis; North Atlantic; Northern Fulmar; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5524/101025; http://gigadb.org/dataset/101025

The Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis), also known as Fulmar or Arctic Fulmar, is a highly abundant sea bird and commonly found in north Pacific and north Atlantic subarctic regions. It is a member of the Procellariidae family, which include petrels and shearwaters, and like other petrels, the Northern Fulmar's walking ability is limited but is a very a strong flier. These data have been produced as part of the avian phylogenomic project. DNA from the Fulmarus glacialis was collected in Denmark. We sequenced the genome to a depth of approximately 33X. The assembled scaffolds of high quality sequences total 1.14Gb, with the contig and scaffold N50 values of 17kb and 46kb respectively. We identified 14,306 protein-coding genes with a mean length of 12.8kb.