Columba livia (rock pigeon) genome, bColLiv1, sequence data

The rock pigeon is a member of the bird family Columbidae (doves and pigeons). It's a fairly large pigeon with pale gray overall with two bold black wingbars and iridescent purple and green on neck. This species has wild and feral populations throughout the world. True wild birds nest on cliffs and in caves from western Europe to central Asia. Feral varieties are common in cities and farmland, often in large flocks. This sample is from a breed of domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica) which includes about 1,000 different breeds and descends from the wild rock dove species. It is part of a trio assembly (offspring bColLiv1, mother bColLiv2, father bColLiv3). The individuals were sampled in Davis, California by Thomas Bishop and Wojciech Panek, and coordinated by Matthew Biegler and Erich D. Jarvis to generate a high-quality reference genome for the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP). Sequencing and genome assembly were conducted at the Vertebrate Genomes Lab (VGL) at the Rockefeller University, led by Erich D. Jarvis, Jennifer Balacco, Giulio Formenti. Assembly and curation was performed by Simona Secomandi.

岩鸽（rock pigeon）隶属于鸠鸽科（Columbidae，鸠与鸽类）。该物种为体型偏大的鸽类，整体体色呈浅灰色，具两道醒目的黑色翼斑，颈部带有紫绿色的虹彩光泽。该物种在全球范围内均有野生种群与野生驯化种群分布。纯正的野生岩鸽营巢于西欧至中亚一带的崖壁与洞穴中；而驯化变种则广泛见于城市与农田，常以大集群活动。本次样本取自家鸽（Columba livia domestica）的一个品种，家鸽总计包含约1000个不同品种，其祖先为野生岩鸽。该样本属于一组trio组装（trio assembly）群体，包含子代bColLiv1、母本bColLiv2与父本bColLiv3。这些个体由Thomas Bishop与Wojciech Panek在加利福尼亚州戴维斯市完成采样，并由Matthew Biegler与Erich D. Jarvis统筹，旨在为脊椎动物基因组计划（Vertebrate Genomes Project, VGP）构建高质量参考基因组。测序与基因组组装工作由洛克菲勒大学脊椎动物基因组实验室（Vertebrate Genomes Lab, VGL）实施，由Erich D. Jarvis、Jennifer Balacco与Giulio Formenti领衔；基因组组装与注释工作由Simona Secomandi完成。