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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 119, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2115642118
Keywords
genome; sequencing; biodiversity; assembly
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- Wellcome Trust [218328]
- Sanger Institute [206194]
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The Earth Biogenome Project aims to sequence the genomes of all eukaryotic life on earth, and the Darwin Tree of Life Project focuses on delivering high-quality genome sequences for the British and Irish islands. The collaboration between biodiversity organizations and genomics institutes has established a workflow that collects specimens, performs sequencing, generates curated assemblies, and openly releases the data for global use in future scientific and conservation efforts.
The goals of the Earth Biogenome Project-to sequence the genomes of all eukaryotic life on earth-are as daunting as they are ambitious. The Darwin Tree of Life Project was founded to demonstrate the credibility of these goals and to deliver at-scale genome sequences of unprecedented quality for a biogeographic region: the archipelago of islands that constitute Britain and Ireland. The Darwin Tree of Life Project is a collaboration between biodiversity organizations (museums, botanical gardens, and biodiversity institutes) and genomics institutes. Together, we have built a workflow that collects specimens from the field, robustly identifies them, performs sequencing, generates high-quality, curated assemblies, and releases these openly for the global community to use to build future science and conservation efforts.
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