Genome assembly of the ruff (Philomachus pugnax). Genome assembly of the ruff (Philomachus pugnax)

We generated a reference ruff genome from a single Independent male in the captive colony, using Illumina paired-end, 3-kb and 5-kb mate-pair data, and long-read PacBio data. The assembled genome has a span of ~1.17 Gb in 12,085 scaffolds longer than 1 kb, with 292 scaffolds longer than 877 kb. Genes were predicted using extensive new transcriptome data. Assessment of assembly quality using genomic read mapping, transcriptome read and assembly mapping, and comparison to the high-quality chicken (Gallus gallus) genome assembly suggest high completeness and contiguity. Data belonging to doi:10.1038/ng.3443 "A supergene determines highly divergent male reproductive morphs in the ruff"