The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics
Authors: Giulio Formenti, Kathrin Theissinger, Carlos Fernandes, Iliana Bista, Aureliano Bombarely, Christoph Bleidorn, Claudio Ciofi, Angelica Crottini, José A. Godoy, Jacob Höglund, Joanna Malukiewicz, Alice Mouton, Rebekah A. Oomen, Sadye Paez, Per J. Palsbøll, Christophe Pampoulie, María J. Ruiz-López, Hannes Svardal, Constantina Theofanopoulou, Jan de Vries, Ann-Marie Waldvogel, Guojie Zhang, Camila J. Mazzoni, Erich D. Jarvis, Miklós Bálint, Giulio Formenti, Kathrin Theissinger, Carlos Fernandes, Iliana Bista, Aureliano Bombarely, Christoph Bleidorn, Fedor Čiampor, Claudio Ciofi, Angelica Crottini, José A. Godoy, Jacob Hoglund, Joanna Malukiewicz, Alice Mouton, Rebekah A. Oomen, Sadye Paez, Per Palsbøll, Christophe Pampoulie, María José Ruiz-López, Hannes Svardal, Constantina Theofanopoulou, Jan de Vries, Ann-Marie Waldvogel, Goujie Zhang, Camila J. Mazzoni, Erich Jarvis, Miklós Bálint, Sargis A. Aghayan, Tyler S. Alioto, Isabel Almudi, Nadir Alvarez, Paulo C. Alves, Isabel R. Amorim, Agostinho Antunes, Paula Arribas, Petr Baldrian, Paul R. Berg, Giorgio Bertorelle, Astrid Böhne, Andrea Bonisoli-Alquati, Ljudevit L. Boštjančić, Bastien Boussau, Catherine M. Breton, Elena Buzan, Paula F. Campos, Carlos Carreras, L. FIlipe Castro, Luis J. Chueca, Elena Conti, Robert Cook-Deegan, Daniel Croll, Mónica V. Cunha, Frédéric Delsuc, Alice B. Dennis, Dimitar Dimitrov, Rui Faria, Adrien Favre, Olivier D. Fedrigo, Rosa Fernández, Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Jean-François Flot, Toni Gabaldón, Dolores R. Galea Agius, Guido R. Gallo, Alice M. Giani, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Tine Grebenc, Katerina Guschanski, Romain Guyot, Bernhard Hausdorf, Oliver Hawlitschek, Peter D. Heintzman, Berthold Heinze, Michael Hiller, Martin Husemann, Alessio Iannucci, Iker Irisarri, Kjetill S. Jakobsen, Sissel Jentoft, Peter Klinga, Agnieszka Kloch, Claudius F. Kratochwil, Henrik Kusche, Kara K.S. Layton, Jennifer A. Leonard, Emmanuelle Lerat, Gianni Liti, Tereza Manousaki, Tomas Marques-Bonet, Pável Matos-Maraví, Michael Matschiner, Florian Maumus, Ann M. Mc Cartney, Shai Meiri, José Melo-Ferreira, Ximo Mengual, Michael T. Monaghan, Matteo Montagna, Robert W. Mysłajek, Marco T. Neiber, Violaine Nicolas, Marta Novo, Petar Ozretić, Ferran Palero, Lucian Pârvulescu, Marta Pascual, Octávio S. Paulo, Martina Pavlek, Cinta Pegueroles, Loïc Pellissier, Graziano Pesole, Craig R. Primmer, Ana Riesgo, Lukas Rüber, Diego Rubolini, Daniele Salvi, Ole Seehausen, Matthias Seidel, Simona Secomandi, Bruno Studer, Spyros Theodoridis, Marco Thines, Lara Urban, Anti Vasemägi, Adriana Vella, Noel Vella, Sonja C. Vernes, Cristiano Vernesi, David R. Vieites, Robert M. Waterhouse, Christopher W. Wheat, Gert Wörheide, Yannick Wurm, Gabrielle Zammit
Journal: Trends in Ecology & Evolution (2022)

Progress in genome sequencing now enables the large-scale generation of reference genomes. Various international initiatives aim to generate reference genomes representing global biodiversity. These genomes provide unique insights into genomic diversity and architecture, thereby enabling comprehensive analyses of population and functional genomics, and are expected to revolutionize conservation genomics.