The genome of a globally invasive passerine, the common myna, Acridotheres tristis

In an era of global climate change, biodiversity conservation is receiving increased attention. Conservation efforts are greatly aided by genetic tools and approaches, which seek to understand patterns of genetic diversity and how they impact species health and their ability to persist under future climate regimes. Invasive species offer vital model systems in which to investigate questions regarding adaptive potential, with a particular focus on how changes in genetic diversity and effective population size interact with novel selection regimes. The common myna (Acridotheres tristis) is a globally invasive passerine and is an excellent model species for research both into the persistence of low-diversity populations and the mechanisms of biological invasion. To underpin research on the invasion genetics of this species, we present the genome assembly of the common myna. We describe the genomic landscape of this species, including genome wide allelic diversity, methylation, repeats, and..., , , # The genome of a globally invasive passerine, the common myna, Acridotheres tristis

This dryad upload contains the genome files that were generated for the myna genome ([https://doi.org/10.1093/dnares/dsae005](https://doi.org/10.1093/dnares/dsae005)).

## Description of the data and file structure

### List of uploaded files

Assembly:
AcTris_vAus2.0.fasta

Matching annotation file:
braker_gemoma_combined_katmanual_brakerforce_longestIsoform_transcripts.emapper.decorated.gff

Tissue specific transcripts (raw fasta files):
Heart.fa (heart tissue)
Liver.fa (liver tissue)
Test.fa (testies tissue)

Repeat libraries and annotation:
acridotheresTristis_combined_library.fasta (Earlgrey custom repeat library fasta file)
allLTR_rename.lib (Maker custom repeat library fasta file)
AcTris_vAus2.0.fasta.out (repeatmasker output of assembly repeat annotation)

SNP based recombination track:
recombination_rho_allchroms.txt

Methylation track:
AcTris_vAus_ALL_modbam2bed.out

### Raw Data and NCBI upl...