Bertin Murhabale Cisirika, Charles Kahindo, Frank Bapeamoni, Balekage Balezi Charles, Mushagalusa Satira Fidel, Stacy Pirro, Ben D Marks
{"title":"The complete genome sequences of 3 species of African Monarch Flycatchers (Monarchidae, Passeriformes).","authors":"Bertin Murhabale Cisirika, Charles Kahindo, Frank Bapeamoni, Balekage Balezi Charles, Mushagalusa Satira Fidel, Stacy Pirro, Ben D Marks","doi":"10.56179/001c.165608","DOIUrl":"10.56179/001c.165608","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present complete genome sequences of 3 species of African Monarch Flycatchers.</p>","PeriodicalId":72362,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity genomes","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13455717/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148708657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Charles Kahindo, Bertin Murhabale Cisirika, Frank Bapeamoni, Balekage Balezi Charles, Mushagalusa Satira Fidel, Stacy Pirro, Ben D Marks
{"title":"The complete genome sequences of 3 species of African sunbirds (Nectariniidae, Passeriformes).","authors":"Charles Kahindo, Bertin Murhabale Cisirika, Frank Bapeamoni, Balekage Balezi Charles, Mushagalusa Satira Fidel, Stacy Pirro, Ben D Marks","doi":"10.56179/001c.165604","DOIUrl":"10.56179/001c.165604","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present complete genome sequences of 3 species of African sunbirds.</p>","PeriodicalId":72362,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity genomes","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13455721/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148708588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joshua M Felton, Jacob B Landis, Stacy Pirro, Chelsea D Specht
{"title":"The complete genome sequences of 13 species of <i>Catopsis</i> (Bromeliaceae, Poales).","authors":"Joshua M Felton, Jacob B Landis, Stacy Pirro, Chelsea D Specht","doi":"10.56179/001c.163592","DOIUrl":"10.56179/001c.163592","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present complete genome sequences of 13 species of <i>Catopsis</i> (Bromeliaceae).</p>","PeriodicalId":72362,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity genomes","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13431077/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148671374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biodiversity genomesPub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2026-06-29DOI: 10.56179/001c.164269
Origilene Bezerra Dantas, Matheus Arthur Lúcio da Rocha, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Diego de Medeiros Bento, Sergio Maia Queiroz Lima, Stacy Pirro, Waldir M Berbel-Filho
{"title":"Whole-Genome sequencing of the schizomid arachnid <i>Rowlandius potiguar</i> from the caves of the Brazilian semiarid.","authors":"Origilene Bezerra Dantas, Matheus Arthur Lúcio da Rocha, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Diego de Medeiros Bento, Sergio Maia Queiroz Lima, Stacy Pirro, Waldir M Berbel-Filho","doi":"10.56179/001c.164269","DOIUrl":"10.56179/001c.164269","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Short-tailed whip scorpions (Arachnida: Schizomida) are a poorly studied group of arachnids, particularly in terms of genomic resources, despite their ecological and evolutionary relevance in subterranean environments. In this study, we present the first draft genome assembly of <i>Rowlandius potiguar</i>, a cave-associated species endemic to karst systems of northeastern Brazil. Genomic DNA was sequenced using Illumina paired-end technology (2 × 150 bp), and reads were assembled using a de novo assembly pipeline. The resulting genome assembly has a total length of 1.8 Gb, distributed across 1,505,104 scaffolds and 1,510,944 contigs, indicating a highly fragmented assembly. The scaffold N50 and contig N50 values were both 3.2 kb, and the GC content was 32.5%. Genome completeness was assessed using BUSCO with Arthropoda and Metazoa datasets. The Arthropoda analysis recovered 20.5% complete BUSCOs (19.1% single-copy and 1.5% duplicated), 53.0% fragmented, and 26.5% missing genes. Similarly, the Metazoa dataset identified 24.7% complete BUSCOs (23.4% single-copy and 1.4% duplicated), with 54.7% fragmented and 20.5% missing genes. The low BUSCO completeness and high proportion of fragmented genes reflect the highly fragmented nature of the assembly, likely resulting from the use of short-read sequencing technologies and the presence of repetitive genomic regions. Despite these limitations, this genome represents an important first genomic resource for Schizomida and provides a foundation for future studies on genome evolution, adaptation to subterranean environments, and the genetic basis of troglomorphic traits in arachnids.</p>","PeriodicalId":72362,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity genomes","volume":"2026 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13390804/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148563944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biodiversity genomesPub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2026-01-27DOI: 10.56179/001c.155754
Emily Griffith, Stacy Pirro
{"title":"The complete genome sequences of 73 species of Anseriformes (Aves, Chordata).","authors":"Emily Griffith, Stacy Pirro","doi":"10.56179/001c.155754","DOIUrl":"10.56179/001c.155754","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present complete genome sequences of 73 species of Anseriformes.</p>","PeriodicalId":72362,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity genomes","volume":"2026 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12867121/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146121224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biodiversity genomesPub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2026-04-23DOI: 10.56179/001c.161013
Timothy J Colston, Edgardo L Rosado-Ramos, Stacy Pirro, R Alexander Pyron, Alberto R Puente-Rolón
{"title":"The complete genome sequences of 5 species of reptiles invasive in Puerto Rico.","authors":"Timothy J Colston, Edgardo L Rosado-Ramos, Stacy Pirro, R Alexander Pyron, Alberto R Puente-Rolón","doi":"10.56179/001c.161013","DOIUrl":"10.56179/001c.161013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present complete genome sequences of 5 species of reptiles invasive in Puerto Rico. Individuals were collected in the wild and represent species known to be established and reproducing (<i>Caiman crocodilus, Gymnophthalmus underwoodi, Malayopython reticulatus</i>) or first verified reports of species that could become established (<i>Chlamydosaurus kingii, Python bivittatus</i>).</p>","PeriodicalId":72362,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity genomes","volume":"2026 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13128031/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147824165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biodiversity genomesPub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2026-06-10DOI: 10.56179/001c.163161
Ben J Evans, Stacy Pirro
{"title":"Short read genome assemblies of 11 species of <i>Xenopus</i> (Pipidae, Anura).","authors":"Ben J Evans, Stacy Pirro","doi":"10.56179/001c.163161","DOIUrl":"10.56179/001c.163161","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present complete genome sequences of 11 species of <i>Xenopus</i> frogs.</p>","PeriodicalId":72362,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity genomes","volume":"2026 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13289716/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148320901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biodiversity genomesPub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2026-01-06DOI: 10.56179/001c.154989
Brooke Weinstein, Stacy Pirro, Andrew P Anderson, Emily Rose
{"title":"The complete genome sequences of 5 species of Syngnathidae (Syngnathiformes, Actinopteri).","authors":"Brooke Weinstein, Stacy Pirro, Andrew P Anderson, Emily Rose","doi":"10.56179/001c.154989","DOIUrl":"10.56179/001c.154989","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72362,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity genomes","volume":"2026 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12799195/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145971630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biodiversity genomesPub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2026-06-01DOI: 10.56179/001c.162758
Bryan N MacNeill, Jacob B Landis, Aaron C Rodriguez, Stacy Pirro, Dylan Sheng, Pedro Daniel Rivas Salazar, Ivan Barajas, Jorge D López-Pérez, Jessica Pérez-Alquicira, Guadalupe Munguía-Lino, Chelsea D Specht
{"title":"The complete genome sequences of 38 species of Iridaceae (Asparagales, Magnoliopsida).","authors":"Bryan N MacNeill, Jacob B Landis, Aaron C Rodriguez, Stacy Pirro, Dylan Sheng, Pedro Daniel Rivas Salazar, Ivan Barajas, Jorge D López-Pérez, Jessica Pérez-Alquicira, Guadalupe Munguía-Lino, Chelsea D Specht","doi":"10.56179/001c.162758","DOIUrl":"10.56179/001c.162758","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present complete genome sequences of 38 species of plants in the Iridaceae focused on <i>Tigridia</i> Juss. and closely related genera.</p>","PeriodicalId":72362,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity genomes","volume":"2026 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13262963/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148254564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biodiversity genomesPub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2026-06-25DOI: 10.56179/001c.163650
T Martin Schmeing, Taylor Hains, Stacy Pirro, Janet R Voight
{"title":"The complete genome sequence of <i>Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis</i> (Octopodidae, Octopoda).","authors":"T Martin Schmeing, Taylor Hains, Stacy Pirro, Janet R Voight","doi":"10.56179/001c.163650","DOIUrl":"10.56179/001c.163650","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present complete genome sequence of <i>Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis</i>, an octopod apparently endemic to the hydrothermal vents of the East Pacific Rise.</p>","PeriodicalId":72362,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity genomes","volume":"2026 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13449709/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148698281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}