Patagioenas fasciata (Band-tailed pigeon) genome, bPatFas1, sequence data
The Band-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata) is a member of the bird family Columbidae (doves and pigeons). It is a medium-sized species native to the Americas, with a breeding range extending from the west coast of the United States down to Mexico and Peru. The band-tailed pigeon is the closest living relative to the extinct passenger pigeon. This sample is from an individual of the subspecies P. f. monilis bred in captivity. It was sampled in Massapequa (NY) by Marine Reynaldo, coordinated by Ben Novak and Erich D. Jarvis, and supported by Revive &amp; Restore to generate a high-quality reference genome for the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP). Sequencing and genome assembly were conducted at the Vertebrate Genomes Lab (VGL) at the Rockefeller University, led by Erich D. Jarvis, Jennifer Balacco, and Giulio Formenti. Assembly and curation were performed by Simona Secomandi.