Abstract The International Crocodilian Genomes Working Group (ICGWG) will sequence and
assemble the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus …

INTRODUCTION Crocodilians and birds are the two extant clades of archosaurs, a group
that includes the extinct dinosaurs and pterosaurs. Fossils suggest that living crocodilians …

Background Genome elucidation is now in high gear for many organisms, and whilst genetic
maps have been developed for a broad array of species, surprisingly, no such maps exist for …

Based on morphological analyses, extant members of the order Crocodylia are divided into
three families, Alligatoridae, Crocodylidae, and Gavialidae. Gavialidae includes one …

Rangifer tarandus, known as caribou or reindeer, is a widespread circumpolar species
which presents significant variability in their morphology, ecology, and genetics. A genome …

The genomes of several vertebrates, including six mammals, the chicken, Xenopus and four
ray-finned fishes have been sequenced or are currently being sequenced to provide a better …

Genomic resources across squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes) have lagged behind
other vertebrate systems and high-quality reference genomes remain scarce. Of the 23 …

Background Geckos are among the most species-rich reptile groups and the sister clade to
all other lizards and snakes. Geckos possess a suite of distinctive characteristics, including …

We report complete mitochondrial genomic sequences for Crocodylus acutus and
Crocodylus novaeguineae, whose gene orders match those of other crocodilians …

Rapid technological improvements are democratizing access to high quality, chromosome-
scale genome assemblies. No longer the domain of only the most highly studied model …