Apus apus (common swift) genome, bApuApu2

The common swift is a member of the swift family (Apodidae). Swifts, which are the closest relatives to hummingbirds, are highly aerial, insectivorous birds that appear boomerang-shaped in flight. During the 10-month non-breeding season, common swifts fly constantly and presumably even sleep while flying. Blood and tissue samples were collected by Maude Baldwin and other researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology from an injured adult individual that had been tended to by a wildlife rehabilitator. Genome sequencing and assembly was conducted by Sylke Wrinkler, Martin Pippel, and Thomas Brown in Gene Myer's grou; curation by Kerstin Howe's group; coordination by Olivier Fedrigo and Erich Jarvis groups; and overall project coordination and funding by Michael Hiller, for a VGP reference genome.

普通雨燕隶属于雨燕科（Apodidae）。雨燕是与蜂鸟亲缘关系最近的类群，属于高度依赖空中环境的食虫鸟类，飞行时呈回旋镖状。在长达10个月的非繁殖期内，普通雨燕会持续飞行，甚至可能在飞行过程中入眠。马克斯·普朗克鸟类学研究所（Max Planck Institute for Ornithology）的莫德·鲍德温（Maude Baldwin）及其他研究人员，从一名经野生动物康复师救治的受伤成年个体身上采集了血液与组织样本。基因组测序与组装工作由西尔克·温克勒（Sylke Wrinkler）、马丁·皮普尔（Martin Pippel）与托马斯·布朗（Thomas Brown）在吉恩·迈尔（Gene Myer）的研究团队中完成；基因组注释由克尔斯滕·豪（Kerstin Howe）的团队负责；协调工作由奥利维耶·费德里戈（Olivier Fedrigo）与埃里希·贾维斯（Erich Jarvis）的团队开展；整体项目协调与资助由迈克尔·希勒（Michael Hiller）负责，旨在生成脊椎动物基因组计划（Vertebrate Genomes Project, VGP）的参考基因组。