Columba livia (rock pigeon) genome, bColLiv1, paternal haplotype+W. Columba livia isolate:bColLiv1 | breed:racing homer

The rock pigeon is a member of the bird family Columbidae (doves and pigeons). It's a fairly large pigeon with pale gray overall with two bold black wingbars and iridescent purple and green on neck. This species has wild and feral populations throughout the world. True wild birds nest on cliffs and in caves from western Europe to central Asia. Feral varieties are common in cities and farmland, often in large flocks. This sample is from a breed of domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica) which includes about 1,000 different breeds and descends from the wild rock dove species. It was sampled in Davis, California by Thomas Bishop and Wojciech Panek, and coordinated by Matthew Biegler and Erich D. Jarvis to generate a high-quality reference genome for the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP). Sequencing and genome assembly were conducted at the Vertebrate Genomes Lab (VGL) at the Rockefeller University, led by Erich D. Jarvis, Jennifer Balacco, Giulio Formenti. Assembly and curation was performed by Simona Secomandi.

岩鸽（rock pigeon）隶属于鸠鸽科（Columbidae，鸠与鸽类）。它是一种体型偏大的鸽类，整体体色呈浅灰色，具两道醒目的黑色翼斑，颈部带有虹彩般的紫绿色光泽。该物种在全球范围内均有野生种群与归化种群分布。真正的野生岩鸽营巢于西欧至中亚一带的岩壁与洞穴中；归化变种则常见于城市与农田区域，常以大群活动。本次样本源自家鸽（Columba livia domestica）的一个品系，家鸽共计包含约1000个不同品种，其祖先为野生岩鸽。该样本由Thomas Bishop与Wojciech Panek于美国加利福尼亚州戴维斯市采集，由Matthew Biegler与Erich D. Jarvis统筹，旨在为脊椎动物基因组计划（Vertebrate Genomes Project, VGP）构建高质量参考基因组。测序与基因组组装工作由洛克菲勒大学脊椎动物基因组实验室（Vertebrate Genomes Lab, VGL）完成，项目团队由Erich D. Jarvis、Jennifer Balacco与Giulio Formenti领衔。基因组组装与注释工作由Simona Secomandi完成。