The genome sequence of the Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus Berkenhout 1769. Wellcome Open Res 2021;6:118
Date
10/19/2021Pubmed ID
34660910Pubmed Central ID
PMC8495504DOI
10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16854.1Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85111510510 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 14 CitationsAbstract
We present a genome assembly from an individual male Rattus norvegicus (the Norway rat; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Muridae). The genome sequence is 2.44 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly is scaffolded into 20 chromosomal pseudomolecules, with both X and Y sex chromosomes assembled. This genome assembly, mRatBN7.2, represents the new reference genome for R. norvegicus and has been adopted by the Genome Reference Consortium.