Chromosome-level genome assembly and annotation of the degu (Octodon degus)
Jeffrey Huey-Chuan Chiu, Nathan R. Zemke, Xiaomeng Gao, B. Maximiliano Garduño, Bing Yang, Melanie Oakes, Weronika M. Bartosik, Kristie Wong, Patricio Pezo, Yang Xie, Urra Claudio, Juan F Macias-Velasco, Chad Tomlinson, Patricia Cogram, Xiangmin Xu, Bing Ren
This paper presents a chromosome-level genome assembly and annotation for the degu, improving contiguity, completeness, and gene annotation compared to previous assemblies.
bioRxiv · Jan 25, 2026 · PreprintGenomics