The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics
Giulio Formenti, Kathrin Theißinger, Carlos Fernandes, Iliana Bista, Aureliano Bombarely, Christoph Bleidorn, Claúdio Ciofi, Angelica Crottini, José A. Godoy, Jacob Höglund, Joanna Malukiewicz, Alice Mouton, Rebekah A. Oomen, Sadye Paez, Per J. Palsbøll, Christophe Pampoulie, María José Ruiz‐López, Hannes Svardal, Constantina Theofanopoulou, Jan de Vries, Ann‐Marie Waldvogel, Guojie Zhang, Camila J. Mazzoni, Erich D. Jarvis, Miklós Bálint, Giulio Formenti, Kathrin Theißinger, Carlos Fernandes, Iliana Bista, Aureliano Bombarely, Christoph Bleidorn, Fedor Čiampor, Claúdio Ciofi, Angelica Crottini, José A. Godoy, Jacob Höglund, Joanna Malukiewicz, Alice Mouton, Rebekah A. Oomen, Sadye Paez, Per J. Palsbøll, Christophe Pampoulie, María José Ruiz‐López, Hannes Svardal, Constantina Theofanopoulou, Jan de Vries, Ann‐Marie Waldvogel, Goujie Zhang, Camila J. Mazzoni, Erich D. Jarvis, Miklós Bálint, Sargis A. Aghayan, Tyler Alioto, Isabel Almudí, Nadir Álvarez, Paulo C. Alves, Isabel R. Amorim, Agostinho Antunes, Paula Arribas, Petr Baldrián, Paul R. Berg, Giorgio Bertorelle, Astrid Böhne, Andrea Bonisoli‐Alquati, Ljudevit Luka Boštjančić, Bastien Boussau, Catherine Breton, Elena Bužan, Paula F. Campos, Carlos Carreras, L. Filipe C. Castro, Luis J. Chueca, Elena Conti, Robert Cook‐Deegan, Daniel Croll, Mónica V. Cunha, Frédéric Delsuc, Alice B. Dennis, Dimitar Dimitrov, Rui Faria, Adrien Favre, Olivier Fédrigo, Rosa Fernández, Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Jean‐François Flot, Toni Gabaldón, D. Agius, Guido Roberto Gallo, Alice Maria Giani, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Tine Grebenc, Katerina Guschanski, Romain Guyot, Bernhard Hausdorf, Oliver Hawlitschek, Peter D. Heintzman, Berthold Heinze, Michael Hiller, Martin Husemann, Alessio Iannucci
Abstract
Progress in genome sequencing now enables the large-scale generation of reference genomes. Various international initiatives aim to generate reference genomes representing global biodiversity. These genomes provide unique insights into genomic diversity and architecture, thereby enabling comprehensive analyses of population and functional genomics, and are expected to revolutionize conservation genomics.