Table 2.
Chromosome level assemblies for breeds of sheep listed in NCBI, including basic assembly statistics and GenBank accessions, and with the reference genome ARS-UI_Ramb_v2.0 for comparison
| Breed | Country | GenBank accession | Contig N50 (Mb) | No. of Contigs | Publication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yunnan | China | GCA_022416785.1 | 71.9 | 1354 | Li et al. (2023) |
| Chinese Merino | China | GCA_022432825.1 | 60 | 1773 | Li et al. (2023) |
| Qaioke | China | GCA_022416685.1 | 75 | 1654 | Li et al. (2023) |
| Hu | China | GCA_011170295.1 | 8.7 | 4131 | Li et al. (2021) |
| Tibetan | Tibet | GCA_017524585.1 | 74.6 | 168 | Li et al. (2022) |
| Kermani | Iran | GCA_022432835.1 | 80.3 | 1678 | Li et al. (2023) |
| Kazak | Kazakhstan | GCA_022432845.1 | 73.4 | 1851 | Li et al. (2023) |
| Ujimqin | Mongolia | GCA_022416755.1 | 75.7 | 1539 | Li et al. (2023) |
| Waggir | Afghanistan | GCA_024222265.1 | 73.6 | 843 | Li et al. (2023) |
| Texel | Netherlands | GCA_022416775.1 | 47.6 | 1838 | Li et al. (2023) |
| Romney | UK | GCA_022538005.1 | 68.3 | 1553 | Li et al. (2023) |
| Suffolk | UK | GCA_022416725.1 | 64.5 | 1520 | Li et al. (2023) |
| Charollais | UK | GCA_022416745.1 | 65.1 | 1430 | Li et al. (2023) |
| Polled Dorset | UK | GCA_022416915.1 | 92.4 | 1297 | Li et al. (2023) |
| East Friesian | Germany | GCA_018804185.1 | 85.3 | 972 | Qiao et al. (2022) |
| Romanov | Russia | GCA_024222175.1 | 31.8 | 1179 | Li et al. (2023) |
| Romanov | Russia | GCA_022244705.1 | 62.3 | 499 | – |
| Dorper | South Africa | GCA_019145175.1 | 73.3 | 142 | Qiao et al. (2022) |
| White Dorper | South Africa | GCA_022416695.1 | 17.9 | 2133 | Li et al. (2023) |
| White Dorper | South Africa | GCA_022244695.1 | 61.8 | 1178 | – |
| Rambouillet (ARS-UI_Ramb_v2.0) | France | GCA_016772045.1 | 43.2 | 225 | Davenport et al. (2022) |