A chromosome-level reference genome of the largest cervid species - the European moose ( Alces alces ; Linnaeus, 1758)

  1. Ole K. Tørresen
  2. Atle Mysterud
  3. Morten Skage
  4. Bram Danneels
  5. Marius A. Strand
  6. Giada Ferrari
  7. Ave Tooming-Klunderud
  8. Kjetill S. Jakobsen
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Abstract

We describe a chromosome-level, haplotype-resolved genome assembly from a male European moose ( Alces alces alces ). The assembly comprises two pseudo-haplotypes of 3,148 Mb and 3,112 Mb, with sex chromosomes in haplotype one, and 33 autosomes in each haplotype (68 in total). Assembly completeness is high (BUSCO 98.3% and 95.7%), with 21,496 and 20,498 annotated protein-coding genes for haplotypes one and two, respectively. This genome assembly is the most complete so far generated for European moose.

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  1. Version published to 10.64898/2026.07.03.736352 on bioRxiv