A high-quality genome for the slender anole (Anolis apletophallus): an emerging model for field studies of tropical ecology and evolution

Author:

Pirani Renata M12ORCID,Arias Carlos F23,Charles Kristin1,Chung Albert K24,Curlis John David25,Nicholson Daniel J26,Vargas Marta2,Cox Christian L27,McMillan W Owen2,Logan Michael L12

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biology, University of Nevada Reno , Reno, NV 89557 , USA

2. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute , Panama City 0843-03092 , Panama

3. Data Science Lab, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Smithsonian Institution , Washington, DC 20013 , USA

4. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University , Princeton, NJ 08544-2016 , USA

5. Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1085 , USA

6. University of Texas , Arlington, TX 76019 , USA

7. Department of Biological Sciences and Institute of Environment, Florida International University , Miami, FL 33199 , USA

Abstract

Abstract The slender anole, Anolis apletophallus, is a small arboreal lizard of the rainforest understory of central and eastern Panama. This species has been the subject of numerous ecological and evolutionary studies over the past 60 years as a result of attributes that make it especially amenable to field and laboratory science. Slender anoles are highly abundant, short-lived (nearly 100% annual turnover), easy to manipulate in both the lab and field, and are ubiquitous in the forests surrounding the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, where researchers have access to high-quality laboratory facilities. Here, we present a high-quality genome for the slender anole, which is an important new resource for studying this model species. We assembled and annotated the slender anole genome by combining 3 technologies: Oxford Nanopore, 10× Genomics Linked-Reads, and Dovetail Omni-C. We compared this genome with the recently published brown anole (Anolis sagrei) and the canonical green anole (Anolis carolinensis) genomes. Our genome is the first assembled for an Anolis lizard from mainland Central or South America, the regions that host the majority of diversity in the genus. This new reference genome is one of the most complete genomes of any anole assembled to date and should facilitate deeper studies of slender anole evolution, as well as broader scale comparative genomic studies of both mainland and island species. In turn, such studies will further our understanding of the well-known adaptive radiation of Anolis lizards.

Funder

National Science Foundation

Smithsonian Institution BioGenomics Fellowship

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institution

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Genetics (clinical),Genetics,Molecular Biology

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