Shotgun sequencing of ancient and modern vertebrate genomes from the Balearic Islands (Ossomics BIO010)
This study, conducted under the Ossomics BIO010 project, focuses on the generation of genomic data from both ancient and modern vertebrate specimens originating from the Balearic Islands. The principal aim is to obtain high-quality mitochondrial genome sequences in order to investigate evolutionary history, levels of endemism, and population structure across multiple insular taxa. The resulting resource will provide a foundation for comparative studies of biodiversity in island ecosystems, contribute to the understanding of long-term genetic continuity and extinction dynamics, and support future research on the evolutionary processes shaping vertebrate populations in the western Mediterranean.