Biodiversity genomesPub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2026-06-10DOI: 10.56179/001c.163104
Chloe E R Hatten, Taylor Hains, Carissa Su-Ann Wong, Qasim Ayub, Stacy Pirro, John Bates, Shannon Hackett, Caroline Dingle
{"title":"The complete genome sequence of the helmeted hornbill (<i>Rhinoplax vigil</i>).","authors":"Chloe E R Hatten, Taylor Hains, Carissa Su-Ann Wong, Qasim Ayub, Stacy Pirro, John Bates, Shannon Hackett, Caroline Dingle","doi":"10.56179/001c.163104","DOIUrl":"10.56179/001c.163104","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The helmeted hornbill (<i>Rhinoplax vigil</i>) is a Critically Endangered species, primarily due to illegal wildlife trade and habitat loss. This species is a large Asian hornbill inhabiting primary tropical rainforests across Southeast Asia. A complete genome assembly of <i>R. vigil</i> is reported here, providing an important genomic resource for research and applications in conservation, evolution, wildlife forensic science, and tropical forest ecology.</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/PMC13367769/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148450847","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}
{"title":"The Complete Genome Sequence of <i>Vachellia tortilis</i> subsp. <i>raddiana</i>, the Umbrella Thorn Acacia (Fabaceae, Fabales).","authors":"Mohamed Hnini, Zohra Chaddad, Karim Rabeh, Stacy Pirro, Brahim Alayoua, Leila Sbabou, Jamal Aurag","doi":"10.56179/001c.161989","DOIUrl":"10.56179/001c.161989","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present the first high-quality genome assembly of <i>Vachellia tortilis</i> subsp. <i>raddiana</i> (Savi) Brenan, a keystone tree species of the circum-Saharan region. Plant material used for genome sequencing was collected from Taidalt, a small town near Guelmim in southern Morocco. Using Illumina paired-end sequencing, a scaffold-level genome assembly was generated, providing a foundational genomic resource for this ecologically critical taxon.</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/PMC13218678/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148139833","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: 2026-06-02DOI: 10.56179/001c.162804
Max Sprute, Stacy Pirro, Klaus Koepfli, Travis Longcore, Eric Porter, Tyler Wilson, Debra Pires, Jana Johnson
{"title":"The complete Genome Sequence of <i>Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis</i>, Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly.","authors":"Max Sprute, Stacy Pirro, Klaus Koepfli, Travis Longcore, Eric Porter, Tyler Wilson, Debra Pires, Jana Johnson","doi":"10.56179/001c.162804","DOIUrl":"10.56179/001c.162804","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A complete genome assembly for the endangered <i>Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis</i> (Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly) (Perkins and Emmel, 1977) is reported here. Illumina short-read sequencing was performed using tissue from a single deceased individual. It establishes an important genomics resource for research on critically endangered Lepidoptera and their captive-rearing while expanding a sparse repository of <i>Glaucopsyche</i> sp. genomes.</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/PMC13293499/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148334932","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: 2026-08-13DOI: 10.56179/001c.166999
Timothy J Colston, Edgardo L Rosado-Ramos, Stacy Pirro, R Alexander Pyron
{"title":"The Complete Genome Sequences of 39 Species of Reptiles.","authors":"Timothy J Colston, Edgardo L Rosado-Ramos, Stacy Pirro, R Alexander Pyron","doi":"10.56179/001c.166999","DOIUrl":"10.56179/001c.166999","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present the complete genome sequences of 39 species of reptiles.</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/PMC13537428/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148881759","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: 2026-03-30DOI: 10.56179/001c.159562
Elenice A Fortes, Jacob B Landis, Stacy Pirro, Vidal de F Mansano, Hans Ter Steege, Chelsea D Specht
{"title":"The complete genome sequences of 17 tree species of Fabaceae (Fabales, Magnoliopsida).","authors":"Elenice A Fortes, Jacob B Landis, Stacy Pirro, Vidal de F Mansano, Hans Ter Steege, Chelsea D Specht","doi":"10.56179/001c.159562","DOIUrl":"10.56179/001c.159562","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present complete genome sequences for 15 Amazonian tree species from the genus <i>Eperua</i> along with two African tree species from the closely related genus <i>Eurypetalum</i>. The species are: <i>Eperua bijuga</i> Mart. ex Benth., <i>Eperua cerradoensis</i> Fortes, G.S.da Silva & Mansano, <i>Eperua duckeana</i> R.S.Cowan, <i>Eperua falcata</i> Aubl., <i>Eperua froesii</i> Fortes, Aymard, ter Steege & Mansanogl, <i>Eperua glabra</i> R.S.Cowan, <i>Eperua glabriflora</i> (Ducke) R.S.Cowan, <i>Eperua grandiflora</i> (Aubl.) Baill., <i>Eperua leucantha</i> Benth., <i>Eperua manausensis</i> Fortes & Mansano, <i>Eperua oleifera</i> Ducke, <i>Eperua purpurea</i> Benth., <i>Eperua rubiginosa</i> Miq., <i>Eperua schomburgkiana</i> Benth., <i>Eperua venosa</i> R.S.Cowan, <i>Eurypetalum tessmannii</i> Harms, and <i>Eurypetalum unijugum</i> Harms.</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/PMC13048334/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147624969","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}
{"title":"The complete genome sequences of two Neotropical weasels (<i>Neogale felipei</i> and <i>Neogale frenata</i>).","authors":"Paola Pulido-Santacruz, Héctor E Ramírez-Chaves, Alejandra Bonilla-Sanchez, Sergio Solari, Gustavo Adolfo Pisso-Flórez, Stacy Pirro","doi":"10.56179/001c.159374","DOIUrl":"10.56179/001c.159374","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Genomic resources remain scarce for many ecologically important tropical species. Here, we present genome sequences for two Neotropical weasel species of the genus <i>Neogale</i>: <i>N. frenata</i>, a species widely distributed in Colombia, and the enigmatic <i>N. felipei</i>, which is endemic to Colombia and Ecuador and remains poorly known.</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/PMC13048332/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147624978","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: 2026-05-11DOI: 10.56179/001c.161900
Garrett James Maggio, Stacy Pirro, John P Wares, April Monica Houghton Blakeslee
{"title":"Complete Genome Sequences of the Diamondback Terrapin, Eastern Mudsnail, and their Shared Fluke Parasite (<i>Pleurogonius malaclemys</i>).","authors":"Garrett James Maggio, Stacy Pirro, John P Wares, April Monica Houghton Blakeslee","doi":"10.56179/001c.161900","DOIUrl":"10.56179/001c.161900","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present the complete genome sequences of the diamondback terrapin (<i>Malaclemys terrapin</i>), the eastern mudsnail (<i>Ilyanassa obsoleta</i>), and the terrapin fluke parasite (<i>Pleurogonius malaclemys</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/PMC13183388/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147977688","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: 2026-09-03DOI: 10.56179/001c.169218
Neil R Balchan, Thy Neang, Visattha In, Guinevere O U Wogan, Stacy Pirro
{"title":"The Complete Genome Sequences of 22 Species of Cambodian Amphibians and Reptiles.","authors":"Neil R Balchan, Thy Neang, Visattha In, Guinevere O U Wogan, Stacy Pirro","doi":"10.56179/001c.169218","DOIUrl":"10.56179/001c.169218","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present complete genome sequences of 22 species of Cambodian Amphibians and Reptiles.</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/PMC13564259/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148957287","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: 2026-09-28DOI: 10.56179/001c.171770
Camille Leal, Heather Shull, Stacy Pirro, Allen Collins
{"title":"The complete genome sequences of 14 species of demosponges (Demospongiae, Porifera).","authors":"Camille Leal, Heather Shull, Stacy Pirro, Allen Collins","doi":"10.56179/001c.171770","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56179/001c.171770","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present complete genome sequences of 14 species of demosponges.</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/PMC13637233/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149119116","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: 2026-02-10DOI: 10.56179/001c.156371
Karim Rabeh, Fatima Gaboun, Stacy Pirro, Adil Essarioui
{"title":"The complete genome sequence of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) variety 'Mejhoul'.","authors":"Karim Rabeh, Fatima Gaboun, Stacy Pirro, Adil Essarioui","doi":"10.56179/001c.156371","DOIUrl":"10.56179/001c.156371","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a high-quality genome sequence of Moroccan date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.), variety 'Mejhoul', an economically and ecologically important tree to arid oasis regions. The genome was sequenced using Illumina Hi-Seq platform in paired-end sequencing and assembled with SPAdes v3.15.4. We present the complete genome sequence of Phoenix dactylifera L. Genomic DNA from the cultivar 'Mejhoul' was collected in Errachidia, Morocco, in July 2025 and sequenced using the Illumina platform. The reads were assembled using a de novo method followed by a finishing step. The raw and assembled data are publicly available via GenBank.</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/PMC12952764/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147349745","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}