ARPHA Preprints, doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e154801
ERGA-BGE Reference Genome of the Northern chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra): Europe’s most abundant mountain ungulate
expand article infoElena Buzan‡§, Aja Bončina‡, Boštjan Pokorny§, 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 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# Universitat de Barcelona (UB), 08028, Barcelona, Spain¤ Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG), C/Baldiri Reixac, 4, 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 )

© Elena Buzan, Aja Bončina, Boštjan Pokorny, 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: Buzan E, Bončina A, Pokorny B, 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 Northern chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra): Europe’s most abundant mountain ungulate. ARPHA Preprints. https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e154801
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Abstract
The reference genome of Rupicapra rupicapra (subsp. rupicapra) provides insights into the genetic makeup that enabled this iconic mountain ungulate to adapt to its harsh environment, including its ability to survive in extreme weather and high altitudes—factors that are increasingly important in the face of climate change. A total of 29 contiguous chromosomal pseudomolecules were assembled from the genome sequence. This chromosome-level assembly encompasses 2.62 Gb, composed of 124 contigs and 76 scaffolds, with contig and scaffold N50 values of 77 Mb and 101 Mb, respectively.
Keywords
Rupicapra rupicapra, genome assembly, European Reference Genome Atlas, Biodiversity Genomics Europe, Earth Biogenome Project, Northern chamois, Alpine chamois, Bovidae