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The genome sequence of the Silver Birch, Betula pendula Roth (Fagales: Betulaceae).

  • Maarten J M Christenhusz1,2
  • Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Genome Acquisition Lab
  • Plant Genome Sizing Collective
  • Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team
  • Tree of Life Core Informatics collective
  • Darwin Tree of Life Consortium
  1. 1Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England, UK.
  2. 2Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
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Abstract

We present a genome assembly of Betula pendula (Silver Birch; Streptophyta; Magnoliopsida; Fagales; Betulaceae). The assembly consists of two haplotypes with total lengths of 403.47 megabases and 411.74 megabases. Most of the haplotype 1 assembly (99.95%) was scaffolded into 14 chromosomal pseudomolecules. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome assembly has a length of 743.77 kilobases and the plastid genome assembly has a length of 160.61 kilobases. Gene annotation of the haplotype 1 assembly by Ensembl identified 29,794 protein-coding genes. This assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces reference genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland.

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@article{christenhusz2026genome,
  title = {{The genome sequence of the Silver Birch, Betula pendula Roth (Fagales: Betulaceae).}},
  author = {Maarten J M Christenhusz and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Genome Acquisition Lab and Plant Genome Sizing Collective and Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective and Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team and Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations and Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team and Tree of Life Core Informatics collective and Darwin Tree of Life Consortium},
  journal = {Wellcome open research},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27951.1},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42922478},
  note = {CC BY},
}
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AU  - Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective
AU  - Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team
AU  - Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations
AU  - Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team
AU  - Tree of Life Core Informatics collective
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PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/28
JO  - Wellcome open research
DO  - 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27951.1
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AB  - We present a genome assembly of Betula pendula (Silver Birch; Streptophyta; Magnoliopsida; Fagales; Betulaceae). The assembly consists of two haplotypes with total lengths of 403.47 megabases and 411.74 megabases. Most of the haplotype 1 assembly (99.95%) was scaffolded into 14 chromosomal pseudomolecules. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome assembly has a length of 743.77 kilobases and the plastid genome assembly has a length of 160.61 kilobases. Gene annotation of the haplotype 1 assembly by Ensembl identified 29,794 protein-coding genes. This assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces reference genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland.
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