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The genome sequence of the European mistletoe, Viscum album L. (Santalales: Viscaceae)

  • Lucia Campos-Dominguez
  • , Maarten J.M. Christenhusz
  • , David Bell
  • , Michael F. Fay
  • , Michelle Hart
  • , Peter M. Hollingsworth
  • , Ilia J. Leitch
  • , Sahr Mian
  • , Kanae Nishii
  • , Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
  • , Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
  • , Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team
  • , Tree of Life Core Informatics collective
  • , Darwin Tree of Life Consortium
  • , Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective
  • , Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team
  • , Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations
  • , Alex D. Twyford
  • , Mark Blaxter* (Member of Consortium)
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of Viscum album (European mistletoe; Streptophyta; Magnoliopsida; Santalales; Viscaceae). The genome sequence has a total length of 94 261.04 megabases. Most of the assembly (98.67%) is scaffolded into 49 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the B 1 chromosome. This assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces reference genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland.

Original languageEnglish
Article number517
Number of pages24
JournalWellcome Open Research
Volume10
Early online date15 Sept 2025
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Apr 2026

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Viscum album; European mistletoe; genome sequence; chromosomal; Santalales

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