ERGA-BGE genome of Androsace saussurei Dentant, Lavergne, F. C. Boucher & S. Ibanez, a recently described plant from the rooftops of Europe

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  1. Sébastien Lavergne ,  
  2. Zoé Rosa
    ,  
  3. Chuan Peng
    ,  
  4. Rita Monteiro ,  
  5. Astrid Böhne ,  
  6. Thomas Marcussen ,  
  7. Torsten H. Struck ,  
  8. Rebekah A Oomen ,  
  9. Genomescope Sequencing Team
    ,  
  10. Alice Moussy ,  
  11. Corinne Cruaud
    ,  
  12. Karine Labadie
    ,  
  13. Emilie Téodori
    ,  
  14. Lola Demirdjian ,  
  15. Patrick Wincker
    ,  
  16. Pedro H Oliveira ,  
  17. Jean-Marc Aury
    ,  
  18. Vianey Paola Barrera Enriquez
    ,  
  19. Leanne Haggerty ,  
  20. Fergal Martin
    ,  
  21. Tom Brown
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Abstract

The reference genome of Androsace saussurei (Ericales: Primulaceae: Primuloideae) provides a valuable resource for understanding the mechanisms of plant adaptations to the highest altitudes where flowering plants can thrive and the speciation mechanisms of plants dwelling on high alpine sky islands. The entirety of the genome sequence was assembled into 20 contiguous chromosomal pseudomolecules. This chromosome-level assembly encompasses 413 Mb, composed of 253 contigs and 101 scaffolds, with contig and scaffold N50 values of 4.95 Mb and 21.2 Mb, respectively.

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Sampling was supported by a grant from LABEX OSUG@2020 (Investissements d'avenir -- ANR10 LBX56). This project received funding from Horizon Europe under the Biodiversity, Circular Economy and Environment (REA.B.3); co-funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) under contract numbers 22.00173 and 24.00054; and by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s Horizon Europe Guarantee Scheme. This work was supported by the Genoscope, the Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA), France Génomique (ANR-10-INBS-09-08), and the exploratory research programme ‘ATLASea: Atlas of marine genomes’ and its targeted project SEQ-Sea (ANR-22-EXAT-0003-SEQ-Sea).

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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© 2025 Sébastien Lavergne (Co-Author); Zoé Rosa (Co-Author); Chuan Peng (Co-Author); Rita Monteiro (Co-Author); Astrid Böhne (Co-Author); Thomas Marcussen (Co-Author); Torsten H. Struck (Co-Author); Rebekah A Oomen (Co-Author); Genomescope Sequencing Team (Co-Author); Alice Moussy (Co-Author); Corinne Cruaud (Co-Author); Karine Labadie (Co-Author); Emilie Téodori (Co-Author); Lola Demirdjian (Co-Author); Patrick Wincker (Co-Author); Pedro H Oliveira (Co-Author); Jean-Marc Aury (Co-Author); Vianey Paola Barrera Enriquez (Co-Author); Leanne Haggerty (Co-Author); Fergal Martin (Co-Author); Tom Brown (Corresponding Author, Co-Author) Creative Commons License

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Sébastien Lavergne

Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LECA (Laboratoire d’Écologie Alpine), Grenoble, France

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Zoé Rosa

Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LECA (Laboratoire d’Écologie Alpine), Grenoble, France

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Chuan Peng

Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LECA (Laboratoire d’Écologie Alpine), Grenoble, France

CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan, 666303, China

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

Center of Plant Ecology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan, 666303, China

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Rita Monteiro

Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change - Museum Koenig Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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Astrid Böhne

Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change - Museum Koenig Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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Thomas Marcussen

Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Centre for Ecological & Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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Torsten H. Struck

Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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Rebekah A Oomen

Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Centre for Ecological & Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Brunswick Saint John, Saint John, Canada

Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Centre for Coastal Research, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway

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Genomescope Sequencing Team

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Alice Moussy

Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, 2 Rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057, Evry, France

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Corinne Cruaud

Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, 2 Rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057, Evry, France

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Karine Labadie

Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, 2 Rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057, Evry, France

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Emilie Téodori

Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, 91057, France

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Lola Demirdjian

Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, 91057, France

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0009-0009-9164-3311

Patrick Wincker

Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, 91057, France

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Pedro H Oliveira

Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, 91057, France

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Jean-Marc Aury

Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, 91057, France

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Vianey Paola Barrera Enriquez

European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK

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Leanne Haggerty

European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK

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Fergal Martin

European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK

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Tom Brown

Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, 10315, Germany

Berlin Center for Genomics in Biodiversity Research, Berlin, 14195, Germany

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