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Sequence locally, think globally: The Darwin Tree of Life Project

2022; National Academy of Sciences; Volume: 119; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1073/pnas.2115642118

1091-6490

Mark Blaxter, Nova Mieszkowska, Federica Di Palma, Peter W. H. Holland, Richard Durbin, Thomas A. Richards, Matthew Berriman, Paul Kersey, Peter M. Hollingsworth, Willie Wilson, Alex D. Twyford, Ester Gaya, Mara Lawniczak, Owen T. Lewis, Gavin R. Broad, Kevin Howe, Michelle Hart, Paul Flicek, Ian Barnes,

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

The goals of the Earth Biogenome Project-to sequence the genomes of all eukaryotic life on earth-are as daunting as they are ambitious. The Darwin Tree of Life Project was founded to demonstrate the credibility of these goals and to deliver at-scale genome sequences of unprecedented quality for a biogeographic region: the archipelago of islands that constitute Britain and Ireland. The Darwin Tree of Life Project is a collaboration between biodiversity organizations (museums, botanical gardens, and biodiversity institutes) and genomics institutes. Together, we have built a workflow that collects specimens from the field, robustly identifies them, performs sequencing, generates high-quality, curated assemblies, and releases these openly for the global community to use to build future science and conservation efforts.