Genome of the Southern Giant Petrel Assembled Using Third-Generation DNA Sequencing and Linked Reads Reveals Evolutionary Traits of Southern Avian

• Published in: Animals
• Main Authors: Sun-Hee Kim, Seung-Jae Lee, Euna Jo, Jangyeon Kim, Jong-U Kim, Jeong-Hoon Kim, Hyun Park, Young-Min Chi
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: southern giant petrel; Macronectes giganteus; genome assembly; annotation; PacBio sequencing; 10x Genomics Chromium technology; Antarctic; Giganteus; Pacific; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Giant Petrel
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11072046

The southern giant petrel Macronectes giganteus, a large seabird of the southern oceans, is one of only two members of the genus Macronectes and is the largest species in the order Procellariiformes. Although these two families account for the vast majority of the avian fauna inhabiting the Antarcti...