First nuclear genome assembly of an extinct moa species, the little bush moa (Anomalopteryx didiformis)
A. Cloutier, T. B. Sackton, P. Grayson, S. V. Edwards, A. J. Baker
The paper uses high-throughput sequencing to assemble the first nuclear genome of the extinct little bush moa and identifies polymorphic microsatellites and candidate genes related to limb development.
bioRxiv · Jul 11, 2019Evolutionary Biology