annotation file of pigeon genes.gtf

Since the first reference genome of pigeon (Columba livia) was published in 2013, these resources rapid facilitated the development of pigeon related research. Nonetheless, the short-read of next-generation sequencing data were unable to span the greater genomic distances, resulting in draft contained many gaps, imperfections, and ambiguities. Here, we performed a combined strategy using PacBio, Illumina and Hi-C sequencing to generate a high-quality pigeon reference genome, and we predicted 18,660 protein-coding genes.