The genome sequence of the Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus Berkenhout 1769
Kerstin Howe, Melinda R. Dwinell, Mary Shimoyama, Craig Corton, Emma Betteridge, Alexander Dove, Michael A. Quail, Michelle Smith, Laura Saba, Robert W. Williams, Hao Chen, Anne E. Kwitek, Shane McCarthy, Marcela Uliano‐Silva, William Chow, Alan Tracey, James Torrance, Ying Sims, Richard Challis, Jonathan Threlfall, Mark Blaxter
Abstract
<ns3:p> We present a genome assembly from an individual male <ns3:italic>Rattus norvegicus</ns3:italic> (the Norway rat; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Muridae). The genome sequence is 2.44 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly is scaffolded into 20 chromosomal pseudomolecules, with both X and Y sex chromosomes assembled. This genome assembly, mRatBN7.2, represents the new reference genome for <ns3:italic>R. norvegicus</ns3:italic> and has been adopted by the Genome Reference Consortium. </ns3:p>