Genome

Taeniopygia guttata (zebra finch) A small songbird native to arid regions of Australia Lineage: Eukaryota[13882]; Metazoa[6614]; Chordata[3172]; Craniata[3144]; Vertebrata[3144]; Euteleostomi[3111]; Archelosauria[914]; Archosauria[878]; Dinosauria[873]; Saurischia[873]; Theropoda[873]; Coelurosauria[873]; Aves[873]; Neognathae[850]; Passeriformes[283]; Passeroidea[46]; Estrildidae[4]; Estrildinae[2]; Taeniopygia[1]; Taeniopygia guttata[1]

The zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) is a small songbird that inhabits arid regions of Australia and is easily bred in captivity. The zebra finch serves as an ideal model organism for studies of neural structure and function, the effect of steroid hormones on the development of neural networks, and the impact of the products of sex-chromosome-specific genes on brain development.

Summary Sequence data:  genome assemblies: 15; sequence reads: 2  (See  Genome Assembly and Annotation report) Statistics:  median total length (Mb): 1068.99  median protein count: 20700  median GC%: 41.8 NCBI Annotation Release:  106 Publications (limited to 20 most recent records) Complete vertebrate mitogenomes reveal widespread repeats and gene duplications. Formenti G, et al. Genome Biol 2021 Apr 29 Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species. Rhie A, et al. Nature 2021 Apr De novo assembly of haplotype-resolved genomes with trio binning. Koren S, et al. Nat Biotechnol 2018 Oct 22 De novo PacBio long-read and phased avian genome assemblies correct and add to reference genes generated with intermediate and short reads. Korlach J, et al. Gigascience 2017 Oct 1 The Genome 10K Project: a way forward. Koepfli KP, et al. Annu Rev Anim Biosci 2015 Genomics: Bird sequencing project takes off. Zhang G, et al. Nature 2015 Jun 4 The genome of a songbird. Warren WC, et al. Nature 2010 Apr 1 A molecular neuroethological approach for identifying and characterizing a cascade of behaviorally regulated genes. Wada K, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 Oct 10 More...  Representative (genome information for reference and representative genomes) Reference genome:   Taeniopygia guttata bTaeGut1.4.pri Submitter: Vertebrate Genomes Project Loc Type Name RefSeq INSDC Size (Mb) GC% Protein rRNA tRNA Other RNA Gene Pseudogene Chr 1 NC_044211.2 CM012081.2 114.02 39.4 3,124 - 14 778 1,594 7 Chr 1A NC_044212.2 CM012082.2 71.57 40.1 2,468 - 5 549 1,271 2 Chr 2 NC_044213.2 CM012083.2 151.65 39.3 3,629 - 34 859 2,050 59 Chr 3 NC_044214.2 CM012084.2 112.6 39.7 3,195 - 13 749 1,692 8 Chr 4 NC_044215.2 CM012085.2 70.98 39.5 2,190 - - 433 1,090 38 Chr 5 NC_044217.2 CM012087.2 61.66 41.0 2,665 - 6 502 1,245 5 Chr 4A NC_044216.2 CM012086.2 19.49 44.2 850 - 2 187 450 - Chr 6 NC_044218.2 CM012088.2 35.59 42.0 1,526 - 2 198 679 - Chr 7 NC_044219.2 CM012089.2 37.98 41.3 1,580 - 17 294 706 2 Chr 8 NC_044220.2 CM012090.2 31.25 42.3 1,327 - 3 375 708 2 Chr 9 NC_044221.2 CM012091.2 25.53 43.4 1,185 52 15 206 635 - Chr 10 NC_044222.2 CM012092.2 20.54 43.6 994 - 8 216 517 - Chr 11 NC_044223.2 CM012093.2 21.11 43.2 794 - 12 171 500 1 Chr 12 NC_044224.2 CM012094.2 20.38 44.1 967 - 1 187 450 2 Chr 13 NC_044225.2 CM012095.2 18.05 45.4 777 - - 154 450 1 Chr 14 NC_044226.2 CM012096.2 16.34 45.6 995 - 4 133 483 - Chr 15 NC_044227.2 CM012097.2 13.77 46.7 903 - 5 148 454 - Chr 16 NC_044228.2 CM012098.2 1.1 50.8 99 - - 15 59 - Chr 17 NC_044229.2 CM012099.2 11.26 48.7 844 - 2 107 355 - Chr 18 NC_044230.2 CM012100.2 11.15 47.7 743 - 8 109 387 - Chr 19 NC_044231.2 CM012101.2 8.34 47.4 653 - 1 142 356 1 Chr 20 NC_044232.2 CM012102.2 14.75 46.8 802 - 2 118 419 1 Chr 21 NC_044233.2 CM012103.2 7.92 48.6 607 - 1 99 326 - Chr 22 NC_044234.2 CM012104.2 4.61 51.8 433 - 1 52 233 - Chr 23 NC_044235.2 CM012105.2 6.8 51.7 551 - - 90 290 - Chr 24 NC_044236.2 CM012106.2 7.62 49.7 440 - - 77 238 1 Chr 25 NC_044237.2 CM012107.2 2.88 56.8 543 - 2 45 322 2 Chr 26 NC_044238.2 CM012108.2 6.8 52.4 614 - 3 75 311 - Chr 27 NC_044239.2 CM012110.2 5.38 53.1 593 - 12 52 389 23 Chr 28 NC_044240.2 CM012112.2 5.87 52.7 597 - 4 81 331 2 Chr 29 NC_044242.2 CM012109.2 2.64 58.1 367 - 1 24 221 3 Chr 30 NC_044243.2 CM012111.2 2.23 56.1 252 - - 55 169 2 Chr Z NC_044241.2 CM012113.2 75.4 39.5 2,007 - 1 468 1,084 10 Chr 31 NC_054763.1 CM025860.2 1.82 61.4 284 - - 37 179 1 Chr W NC_045028.1 CM018260.2 20.85 45.7 173 - 2 101 165 7 Chr 32 NC_054764.1 CM025861.2 2.09 54.3 223 - 1 60 152 2 Chr 33 NC_054765.1 CM025862.2 1.25 53.2 91 - - 19 67 - Chr 34 NC_054766.1 CM025863.2 1.3 55.5 189 - - 18 96 1 Chr 35 NC_054767.1 CM025864.2 2.56 51.3 247 - 12 51 183 7 Chr 36 NC_054768.1 CM025865.2 1.02 44.2 75 - - 5 38 - Chr 37 NC_054769.1 CM030979.1 1.8 53.2 169 - 5 64 124 - MT NC_007897.1 CM016613.2 0.02 45.9 13 2 22 - 37 - Un - . - 6.3 51.1 436 15 - 284 452 11 Chromosomes Click on chromosome name to open Genome Data Viewer External Resources Art Arnold Laboratory, UCLA Avian Net ESTIMA:Songbird Keck Center for Integrative Neusoscience NISC-NIH Intramural Sequencing Center National Finch and Softbill Society NetVet OMIA SoNG Initiative Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Songbird Brain Transcriptome Database Songbird Genome Sequencing Project The Clayton Lab at Illinois Zebra Finch Society eFinch.com