Pan-genome analyses add ∼1000 genes to the “complete” genome assembly of chicken

doi: 10.1016/j.jgg.2024.10.009

• Jilong Ren ¹ , 
• Wenyan Kou ¹ , 
• Yuan Xu ¹ , 
• Meixuan Lu ¹ , 
• Mian Gong ¹ , 
• Xinmiao Zhang ¹ , 
• Zhenyu Liu ¹ , 
• Hengkuan Li ¹ , 
• Qimeng Yang ¹ , 
• Ali Mujtaba Shah ¹ , 
• Feng Zhu ² , 
• Zhuocheng Hou ² , 
• Naiyi Xu ^3,4 , 
• Yu Jiang ^5,6     , 
• Fei Wang ⁷    

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  1. Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China;

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  2. Frontiers Science Center for Molecular Design Breeding (MOE) & College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China;

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  3. College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China;

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  4. Chongqing Key Laboratory of Herbivore Science, Chongqing 400715, China;

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  5. Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China;

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  6. Key Laboratory of Livestock Biology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China;

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  7. Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China