Dromococcyx pavoninus isolate:LSUMZ B-1144 Genome sequencing and assembly

Dromococcyx pavoninus (pavonine cuckoo) Sequence Assembly Release NotesBackground:The pavonine cuckoo (family Cuculidae) is widely distributed in South America. It is an obligate brood parasite with only a few known hosts, but including small flycatchers (family Tyrannidae) that construct hanging globular nests. Pavonine cuckoo high molecular weight (HMW) DNA isolated for sequencing is derived from an adult female provided by the Louisiana Museum of Natural History at Louisiana State University (LSUMZ B-1144). HMW DNA was used as input to generate Hifi reads using the Sequel II instrument (Pacific Biosciences) on Hifi mode. Total coverage used for assembly was 36x using a genome size estimate of 1.25 GB. All quality filtered sequence reads were assembled with Hifiasm v0.19.3-r572 using default parameter settings.This work was supported by NSF grants DBI 1754311, 1754397, 1754406, 1754643, 1940624.Dromococcyx pavoninus Sequence and Assembly Credits: Brood Parasites Genome ConsortiumDNA sources - Louisiana Museum of Natural History, Louisiana State University.Genome Sequence - Hudson Alpha Institute, Huntsville, AL.Sequence and Assembly - University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.Citation upon use of this assembly in a manuscript:It is requested that users of this Dromococcyx pavoninus sequence assembly acknowledge the Brood Parasitic Bird Genomes Consortium in any publications that result from use of this sequence assembly prior to the publication of this resource. Any publications that propose to generate whole genome analyses using this resource should contact Dr. Michael Sorenson ([e-mail]) or Dr. Christopher Balakrishnan ([e-mail]) for the use of pre-publication data in accord with the Ft. Lauderdale and Toronto genomic data use agreements.