Genomic data from King penguin ( Aptenodytes patagonicus ). ...

• Main Authors: Pan, Hailin, Cole, Theresa, Couto, Alvarina, Bi, Xupeng, Machado, André, M., Brejova, Brona, Fang, Miaoquan, Albertin, Caroline, B., Zhou, Chengran, Silva, Filipe, Yang, Zhengtao, Gardner, Paul, Ksepka, Daniel, T, Baril, Tobias, Hart, Tom, Bouzat, Juan, L, Hayward, Alex, Argilla, Lisa, S, Campos, Alexandre, Bertelsen, Mads, F, Ribeiro, Angela, M., Barrio-Hernandez, Inigo, Boersma, P, Dee, Bost, Charles-André, Hoving, Henk-Jan, Cherel, Yves, Tafur-Jimenez, Ricardo, Chu, Chong, Dann, Peter, Fiddaman, Steven, R, Frazão, Bárbara, Howard, Pauline, Petersen, Bent, Labuschagne, Kim, Penaloza, Fernando, Mattern, Thomas, Musacchia, Francesco, Alexander Jr., Graham, C., Miller, Gary, Osório, Hugo, Parker, Patricia, Phillips, Richard, A, Winkelmann, Inger, Quillfeldt, Petra, Simakov, Oleg, Rasmussen, Simon, Ryan, Peter, G, Rahman, M., Ziaur, Taylor, Helen, Pisani, Davide
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: GigaScience Database 2019
• Subjects: Genomic; genomics; sphenisciformes; comparative evolution; phylogenetics; speciation; biogeography; demography; climate change; antarctica; evolution; Fortuna; Fortuna Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica; King Penguins; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5524/102182; http://gigadb.org/dataset/102182

The King penguin is the second largest species of penguin. They have a circumpolar range, breeding on the subantarctic islands at the northern reaches of Antarctica, South Georgia, and other temperate islands. They were heavily hunted for oil on Macquarie Island. King penguins appear to have suffere...