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@ARTICLE{Bekavac:305748,
author = {M. Bekavac$^*$ and R. Coimbra$^*$ and V. Busa$^*$ and M.
Behm$^*$ and R. Wagner$^*$ and A. Goncalves$^*$ and S.
Begall and M. Frye$^*$ and D. Odom$^*$},
title = {{D}e novo genome assembly of {A}nsell's mole-rat ({F}ukomys
anselli).},
journal = {G3: Genes, genomes, genetics},
volume = {16},
number = {1},
issn = {2160-1836},
address = {Pittsburgh, PA},
publisher = {Genetics Soc. of America},
reportid = {DKFZ-2025-02368},
pages = {jkaf271},
year = {2026},
note = {#EA:B270#LA:B270# / 2026 Jan 7;16(1):jkaf271},
abstract = {Ansell's mole-rat (Fukomys anselli) is an African rodent
known for its subterranean lifestyle and unique phenotypic
traits, including extreme longevity, magnetoreception, and a
cooperative breeding social structure. Efforts to dissect
the genetic architecture of these traits and to decipher
their phylogenetic relationships within the broader African
mole-rat family would greatly benefit from a reference-grade
genome. Here, we report a first genome assembly of a male
Ansell's mole-rat. By combining Oxford Nanopore Technologies
(ONT) long-reads and Illumina short-reads with Hi-C data, we
generated a chromosome level assembly with a total length of
2.27 Gb, 412 scaffolds and a scaffold N50 of 72.4 Mb. We
identified $99.54\%$ of expected genes and annotated 29,094
transcripts using RNA sequencing data. This high-quality de
novo genome of Fukomys anselli lays the foundation for
dissecting the genetic and evolutionary basis of its
extraordinary traits and resolving African mole-rat
phylogeny.},
keywords = {Fukomys anselli (Other) / Animalia (Other) / Ansell’s
mole-rat (Other) / Bathyergidae (Other) / genome assembly
(Other) / mole-rat (Other) / nanopore (Other)},
cin = {B270 / A350 / C220},
ddc = {570},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)B270-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)A350-20160331 /
I:(DE-He78)C220-20160331},
pnm = {312 - Funktionelle und strukturelle Genomforschung
(POF4-312)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-312},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:41219156},
doi = {10.1093/g3journal/jkaf271},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/305748},
}