ARPHA Preprints, doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e154773
ERGA-BGE Reference Genome of the Striped Field Mouse (Apodemus agrarius), a Widespread and Abundant Species in Central and Eastern Europe
expand article infoFranc Janžekovič‡, Elena Buzan§|, Aja Bončina|, Nuria Escudero, Rosa Fernández, Astrid Böhne#, Rita Monteiro#, Laura Aguilera¤«, Marta Gut¤«, Francisco Câmara Ferreira¤«, Fernando Cruz¤«, Jèssica Gómez-Garrido¤«, Tyler Alioto¤«, Leanne Haggerty», Fergal Martin», Diego De Panis˄˅
‡ University of Maribor, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Koroška cesta 6, 2000, Maribor, Slovenia§ University of Primorska, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, Glagoljaška 8, SI-6000, Koper, Slovenia| Faculty of Environmental Protection, Trg mladosti 7, 3320, Velenje, Slovenia¶ Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC - Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona, Spain# Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Museum Koenig Bonn, Adenauerallee 127, 53113, Bonn, Germany¤ Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG), C/Baldiri Reixac, 4, 08028, Barcelona, Spain« Universitat de Barcelona (UB), 08028, Barcelona, Spain» European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom˄ Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Alfred-Kowalke-Str 17, 10315, Berlin, Germany˅ Berlin Center for Genomics in Biodiversity Research (BeGenDiv), Königin-Luise-Str 6-8, 14195, Berlin, Germany

Corresponding author: Diego De Panis ( panis@izw-berlin.de )

© Franc Janžekovič, Elena Buzan, Aja Bončina, Nuria Escudero, Rosa Fernández, Astrid Böhne, Rita Monteiro, Laura Aguilera, Marta Gut, Francisco Câmara Ferreira, Fernando Cruz, Jèssica Gómez-Garrido, Tyler Alioto, Leanne Haggerty, Fergal Martin, Diego De Panis.
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Citation: Janžekovič F, Buzan E, Bončina A, Escudero N, Fernández R, Böhne A, Monteiro R, Aguilera L, Gut M, Câmara Ferreira F, Cruz F, Gómez-Garrido J, Alioto T, Haggerty L, Martin F, De Panis D (2025) ERGA-BGE Reference Genome of the Striped Field Mouse (Apodemus agrarius), a Widespread and Abundant Species in Central and Eastern Europe. ARPHA Preprints. https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e154773
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Abstract
The reference genome of Apodemus agrarius provides a valuable resource for phylogenetic studies of rodents, particularly mice, and for understanding factors that influence the geographical distribution of the species across East Asia and East Europe. A total of 25 contiguous chromosomal pseudomolecules were assembled from the genome sequence (23 autosomes and 2 sex chromosomes). This chromosome-level assembly encompasses 2.6 Gb, composed of 242 contigs and 60 scaffolds, with contig and scaffold N50 values of 35 Mb and 119 Mb, respectively.
Keywords
Apodemus agrarius, genome assembly, European Reference Genome Atlas, Biodiversity Genomics Europe, Earth Biogenome Project, Muridae, Striped Field Mouse