The European Reference Genome Atlas: piloting a decentralised approach to equitable biodiversity genomics.
Journal
npj biodiversity
ISSN: 2731-4243
Titre abrégé: NPJ Biodivers
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9918804277406676
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
17 Sep 2024
17 Sep 2024
Historique:
received:
04
06
2024
accepted:
19
07
2024
medline:
18
9
2024
pubmed:
18
9
2024
entrez:
17
9
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
A genomic database of all Earth's eukaryotic species could contribute to many scientific discoveries; however, only a tiny fraction of species have genomic information available. In 2018, scientists across the world united under the Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), aiming to produce a database of high-quality reference genomes containing all ~1.5 million recognized eukaryotic species. As the European node of the EBP, the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) sought to implement a new decentralised, equitable and inclusive model for producing reference genomes. For this, ERGA launched a Pilot Project establishing the first distributed reference genome production infrastructure and testing it on 98 eukaryotic species from 33 European countries. Here we outline the infrastructure and explore its effectiveness for scaling high-quality reference genome production, whilst considering equity and inclusion. The outcomes and lessons learned provide a solid foundation for ERGA while offering key learnings to other transnational, national genomic resource projects and the EBP.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39289538
doi: 10.1038/s44185-024-00054-6
pii: 10.1038/s44185-024-00054-6
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
28Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s).
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