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The Catalan initiative for the Earth BioGenome Project: contributing local data to global biodiversity genomics

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Montserrat Corominas,Tomás Marquès‐Bonet
Miquel Arnedo,Mónica Bayés,Jordina Belmonte,Héctor Escrivà,Rosa Fernández,Toni Gabaldón,Teresa Garnatje,Josep Germain,Manel Niell,Ferran Palero,Joan Pons,Teresa Capell,Laura Aguilera,Edward Rubin,Jèssica Gómez‐Garrido,Fernando Cruz,Ignacio Sánchez-Escudero,Cristian Altaba,Célia Alves,Enrique Arboleda,María Capa,Laura Triginer,Vicent Arbona,Conxita Àvila,Laura Baldo,Alba Enguídanos,Andrea Prófumo,Owen Wangesteen,Margarida Barceló-Serra,Laura Botigué,Amparo Monfort,Bernat Burriel‐Carranza,Salvador Carranza,Corinne Cruaud,Gabriel Mochales-Riaño,Marc Palmada‐Flores,Héctor Candela,Cristian Cañestro,Carlos Carreras,M. Doménech,Carles Galià-Camps,Sara Guirao‐Rico,Jesús Lozano-Fernández,Marta Pascual,Cinta Pegueroles,Alejandro Sánchez‐Gracia,Miguel Carretero,Oriol Grau,Romina Garrido,Xavier Grau‐Bové,Antonio Hermoso,In-Yeol Kim,José Jurado‐Rivera,Carles Lalueza‐Fox,Jean‐Baptiste Ledoux,Ramiro Logares,Ramón Massana,Francesc Piferrer,Faris Widagdo,Francesc Mesquita‐Joanes,Juan Monrós,Jaume Pellicer,Josep Peñuelas,Cristina Roquet,Aurora Ruiz‐Herrera,Guifré Torruella,Xavier Turón,Marc Ventura,Vanesa Arroyo,Cristian Cuevas-Caballé,Joan Ferrer,Ivo Gut,Marta Gut,Oriane Hidalgo,Guillem Izquierdo-Arànega,Laia Pérez-Sorribes,Emilio Righi,Marta Riutort,Joan Vallès,Pascale Roux,Tyler Alioto,Roderic Guigó,Tomàs Marqués-Bonet,Mònica Bayés,Pere Puigdomènech,Bernat Burriel-Carranza,Javier Campo,Jesús Lozano-Fernandez,Alejandro Sánchez-Gracia,Toni Pulido,Carles Lalueza-Fox,J. Ledoux,Xavier Turon
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Jul 2, 2024
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Abstract The Catalan Initiative for the Earth BioGenome Project (CBP) is an EBP-affiliated project network aimed at sequencing the genome of the >40 000 eukaryotic species estimated to live in the Catalan-speaking territories (Catalan Linguistic Area, CLA). These territories represent a biodiversity hotspot. While covering less than 1% of Europe, they are home to about one fourth of all known European eukaryotic species. These include a high proportion of endemisms, many of which are threatened. This trend is likely to get worse as the effects of global change are expected to be particularly severe across the Mediterranean Basin, particularly in freshwater ecosystems and mountain areas. Following the EBP model, the CBP is a networked organization that has been able to engage many scientific and non-scientific partners. In the pilot phase, the genomes of 52 species are being sequenced. As a case study in biodiversity conservation, we highlight the genome of the Balearic shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus, sequenced under the CBP umbrella.

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