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Viñas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/1759263566725-1IEXRFINS83PKEOT3S9I/unsplash-image-8HNzaxCmufw.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Dive into these Publications - Make it stand out Sea turtle diving gracefully beneath the surface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/1759429628641-RDYDPOUN3EMRNEWL8YBN/unsplash-image-Ky3da6_hgcM.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Dive into these Publications - Make it stand out The Blue-spotted Stingray (Taeniura lymma) glides across sandy reefs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/9fb9dcab-9dc7-43e8-ad23-d43cfc992ed6/shutterstock_2201798917.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Dive into these Publications - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/d13c2ffa-6b21-4a21-8783-39bae0b3a4fd/shutterstock_76613416.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Dive into these Publications - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.earthbiogenome.org/newsletter-blogs/ebp-dashboard-link monthly 0.5 2025-10-09 https://www.earthbiogenome.org/newsletter-blogs/phil-morin monthly 0.5 2025-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/77784282-3111-4dc0-b43a-3ca430bf7027/IMG_5645.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Phil Morin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/7faff9fc-d34a-42c5-afcf-5c961da054ba/chimpanzee.jpeg Newsletter Blogs - Phil Morin - Make it stand out Chimpanzee in a tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/3ed63e35-6bea-4d0f-ba63-a5fee71184e0/Phil_in_Tree_Gombe_1991.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Phil Morin - Make it stand out Phil Morin in a tree, collecting hair samples from abandoned chimpanzee nests in Gombe National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/4ffd9d01-f9d7-4c45-91b8-16a94f48aee4/Science_cover_1994.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Phil Morin - Make it stand out Cover image of Science captured by Dr. Phil Morin, accompanying his landmark article on chimpanzee genetics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/7957dc01-1a27-4e52-b8b5-ccc412e8c37d/Olson101808_180.2.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Phil Morin - Make it stand out A mother and calf vaquita surface in the waters off San Felipe, Mexico. As recently as Fall 2021 vaquitas were seen with calves. Credit: Paula Olson, 2008. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/8e5bfed1-6e67-4651-8784-41ab1a806291/_MG_0750.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Phil Morin - Make it stand out Ceramic bowl created by Phil Morin for the Society for Marine Mammalogy’s 2015 Conservation Award. https://www.earthbiogenome.org/newsletter-blogs/genomes-underwater monthly 0.5 2026-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/3e49b8fe-115a-4519-8f6e-439c633238ae/shutterstock_2150225921.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Genomes Making Waves: Decoding Marine Biodiversity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/82763e05-ab22-45e4-bf7a-9e252818750f/AdobeStock_67456702.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Genomes Making Waves: Decoding Marine Biodiversity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/e739b665-407c-43da-b966-f363fe74de84/Olson101808_180.2.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Genomes Making Waves: Decoding Marine Biodiversity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/d4aa036b-2786-4293-874c-88c4384e8d5f/shutterstock_2632409785.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Genomes Making Waves: Decoding Marine Biodiversity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/178ccae4-a975-4122-9250-9a56bfd64ac4/shutterstock_2417460167.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Genomes Making Waves: Decoding Marine Biodiversity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/3b4eebc8-1b2a-45a3-bf25-844f5f073418/shutterstock_92909383.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Genomes Making Waves: Decoding Marine Biodiversity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/51adc309-e038-49f8-b78d-98b88e7f05f5/shutterstock_2434832777.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Genomes Making Waves: Decoding Marine Biodiversity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/87d7953f-b177-4241-96db-ba040b66c1dd/shutterstock_1543297142.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Genomes Making Waves: Decoding Marine Biodiversity - Underwater Sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/c6b4aaa7-ae4e-478c-bef2-412d787e0d2c/Dive+Into+the+Depths.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Genomes Making Waves: Decoding Marine Biodiversity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/1759167532982-0EEBWGXATELNEXT18GU5/unsplash-image-A5T3v85pUmc.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Genomes Making Waves: Decoding Marine Biodiversity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.earthbiogenome.org/newsletter-blogs/agriculture-publications monthly 0.5 2025-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/3b378e2d-1e63-4077-a1bb-60e40534687e/AdobeStock_1322658910.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Genomes Advancing Agriculture - Make it stand out Thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) is a small plant from the mustard family (Brassicaceae), and is native to Eurasia and Africa. This reference genome was generated by 10KP. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/7f29dfda-cd6d-4d57-8b60-962a90cb0ce9/shutterstock_1645995832+%281%29.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Genomes Advancing Agriculture - Make it stand out Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) is one of the two most important species of cod and has a high economic value to countries such as Iceland and Norway in the Atlantic region. The chromosome-level genome for G. morhua was generated by the Vertebrate Genomes Project. Additional genomes for this species were generated by both EBP Norway and the Canadian BioGenome Project. Image credit Peter Prokosch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/9355f06f-b787-47d8-aabb-df6b86694a8b/boll_weevil.webp Newsletter Blogs - Genomes Advancing Agriculture - Make it stand out Boll Weevil. Two boll weevil species, the rampant cotton boll weevil pest (Anthonomus grandis grandis) and the closely related non-pest subspecies (Anthonomus grandis thurberiae), were both genome sequenced by i5k (in collaboration with EBP-affiliated Ag100Pest Initiative). Ag100Pest Initiative then used a pangenome approach to identify molecular differences between pest and non-pest varieties that can be utilized for the development of an in-field quick diagnostic tool to rapidly identify the pest from the non-pest variety. Image credit: Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/30e64e3a-0566-4ed2-9983-42bfca8b2338/shutterstock_1533580412.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Genomes Advancing Agriculture - Make it stand out Maize (Zea mays) is a globally significant crop, originally domesticated in Mesoamerica and now cultivated across diverse environments worldwide. As maize spread to new regions, natural and artificial selection for local environmental conditions led to extensive phenotypic and genotypic variation. This reference genome was sequenced as part of 10KP. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/6a4227d4-8895-4a1b-ad32-ad4136b3820d/IMG_8142.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Genomes Advancing Agriculture - Make it stand out The Corn Earworm Pest (Helicoverpa zea) reference genome was sequenced by the i5k and Ag100Pest Initiatives. Image credit: Brad Coates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/e3f1c514-9793-4971-84ee-f656e96996dc/pexels-christian-forero-478506130-29820960.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Genomes Advancing Agriculture - Make it stand out The Brahman cow (hybrid species: Bos indicus x Bos taurus) high-quality reference genome was generated by the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP). VGP has generated hundreds of high-quality reference genomes, frequently targeting critically important livestock species such as cow, sheep, rabbit, chicken, and ducks, to name a few. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/59700bde-6334-4216-9731-29172b56ba1f/shutterstock_2331248233.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Genomes Advancing Agriculture - Make it stand out The Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) is one of the most numerous bumblebee species in Europe, and is the main species used in greenhouse pollination. The high-quality reference genome for this species and hundreds of other pollinators were generated by Darwin Tree of Life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/1758847265318-WRH0QR5EQPFXY3ZQ0ZHT/unsplash-image-Zm2n2O7Fph4.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Genomes Advancing Agriculture - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.earthbiogenome.org/newsletter-blogs/agriculture-genomes monthly 0.5 2026-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/539a1852-cb94-4ab6-8e0a-3289a56829ff/quang-nguyen-vinh-DSnfIcXplaU-unsplash.jpg Newsletter Blogs - How Genomics Is Transforming Agriculture - Make it stand out Rice (Oryza sativa) is the most economically important crop in the world. The genus Oryza comprises two domesticated cultivar species: O. sativa and O. glaberrima. However, there are over 22 wild rice varieties, including Wild Red Rice (O. longistaminata), some of which are being considered for independent domestication. The O. longistaminata reference genome was sequenced as part of 10KP. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/23be1e9f-d1fa-4a5d-8654-55ad4ff1d3e7/arctic_surf_clam_credit+Downeast+Institute.png Newsletter Blogs - How Genomics Is Transforming Agriculture - Make it stand out Arctic Surf Clam (Mactromeris polynyma) is a clam species of importance across the Atlantic. The reference genome for M. polynyma was generated by the Canadian BioGenome Project. Image credit: Downeast Institute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/1781e75a-cc5a-425f-9482-ee2d3c121b4f/cornearworm.jpeg Newsletter Blogs - How Genomics Is Transforming Agriculture - Make it stand out Corn Earworm Pest was the third-largest invertebrate cause of corn loss in the United States during 2024. The larvae of this moth species bore into the corn and feed on many parts of the plant, making the plants susceptible to secondary beetle infestations and reducing the quality of the vegetable. Image credit: Adam Sisson, Iowa State University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/6a4227d4-8895-4a1b-ad32-ad4136b3820d/IMG_8142.jpg Newsletter Blogs - How Genomics Is Transforming Agriculture - Make it stand out The Corn Earworm Pest (Helicoverpa zea) reference genome was sequenced by the i5k and Ag100Pest Initiatives. Image credit: Brad Coates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/7914087b-7829-4bee-9b69-92f96981cc36/A_rubi_strawberry_flower.jpg Newsletter Blogs - How Genomics Is Transforming Agriculture - Make it stand out The Strawberry blossom weevil (Anthonomus rubi) is an invasive pest in North America, first identified in British Columbia, Canada, in 2019. The A. rubi reference genome was generated by the Canadian BioGenome Project. The downstream research and population genomics studies were done by scientists at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Photo credit: Warren Wong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/cbb30b0b-baed-4d31-a1cd-781b4f64e82b/WhatsApp+Image+2025-04-25+at+08.32.57+%281%29.jpg Newsletter Blogs - How Genomics Is Transforming Agriculture - Make it stand out Chilean strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis) is renowned for its unique flavor, aroma, and high nutritional content, including minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants. F. chiloensis also holds cultural significance and commercial potential due to its distinctive pinkish-white fruit (personal communication, Pamela Morales). The 1,000 Chilean Genomes Project, in collaboration with scientists from the Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, generated a fully haplotype-resolved, chromosome-level genome assembly and annotation of F. chiloensis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/1758846521348-ZB52IOI1RZIJ10RMOKPZ/unsplash-image-TaQXeljNE8g.jpg Newsletter Blogs - How Genomics Is Transforming Agriculture - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/1758846577772-88SZVO6CMGB7MDU5VF4A/unsplash-image-zGepEZh0O2Q.jpg Newsletter Blogs - How Genomics Is Transforming Agriculture - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.earthbiogenome.org/newsletter-blogs/anne-muigai monthly 0.5 2025-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/70198aa5-5d92-4147-80db-2241c13564c0/RsNUVUA1_400x400.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Anne Muigai - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/63609d5d-147c-4f4a-b72a-694b45d9dee4/Menz+flock+new.jpeg Newsletter Blogs - Anne Muigai - Make it stand out Menz Ewe in Menz Area, Ethiopia (from Ferede et al, licensed under CC-BY 4.0). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/4d4ea7af-4364-43ac-846f-6aaf3b233b07/54086130417_380d03a215_k.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Anne Muigai - Make it stand out Indigenous cattle entering a Tukul (a traditional circular dwelling with conical thatched roofs, common in rural areas) in Ghibe, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Apollo Habtamu). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/4b856df8-207d-4bce-a519-780915b2df65/54087254128_c99840e7c7_k.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Anne Muigai - Make it stand out Indigenous cattle in Ghibe, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Apollo Habtamu). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/2d9de76e-baeb-4c80-abdc-4115d761b0e1/Regional+conference+2024_1.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Anne Muigai - Make it stand out Prof. Anne Muigai is pictured here standing with participants of the 2nd East and Central African Regional Workshop held in Nairobi in August 2024. https://www.earthbiogenome.org/newsletter-blogs/seunghyun-kang monthly 0.5 2025-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/0004e9c4-cde7-45d9-bf54-d31ac13b24e1/Seunghyun+in+a+boat+at+the+Antarctic+shore. Newsletter Blogs - Seunghyun Kang - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/69051bc1-e921-4afd-be65-4fab6cf1d41f/IMG_0946.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Seunghyun Kang - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/779f28a1-b128-4429-bdfd-e4e37848b3da/IMG_2897.jpeg Newsletter Blogs - Seunghyun Kang - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/3625363d-32f1-4e95-b21f-4a9a9933def3/Map+of+Antarctic Newsletter Blogs - Seunghyun Kang - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.earthbiogenome.org/newsletter-blogs/seunghyun-kang-pdtx3 monthly 0.5 2026-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/31222831-17d6-4953-ac6e-4ad36aa1f356/bilby1_YuanyuanCheng.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Reference Genomes Transforming Species Conservation - Make it stand out Ninu (Macrotis lagotis) is currently found in the greater sandy desert region of Australia, is listed as a vulnerable species, and its population size is decreasing according to the IUCN Red List (Burbidge and Woinarski, 2016). This reference genome was sequenced by the Threatened Species Initiative and BioPlatforms Australia. Photo taken by Yuanyuan Cheng. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/d931256d-250f-4d79-a4bd-dc8e16831407/giovanna-gomes-4Q7_-kpf_MM-unsplash.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Reference Genomes Transforming Species Conservation - Make it stand out Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) is currently found in three main regions of Brazil, is listed as a vulnerable species, and its population size is decreasing according to the IUCN Red List (BirdLife International, 2016). This reference genome was sequenced by the Vertebrate Genomes Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/da90a8f1-fcbd-42fe-a3a2-842311344021/AdobeStock_212896237.jpeg Newsletter Blogs - Reference Genomes Transforming Species Conservation - Make it stand out Vancouver Island marmot (Marmota vancouverensis) is a critically endangered species (Roach, 2017) and the only known wild populations are found on Vancouver Island British Columbia, Canada. This reference genome was sequenced by the Canadian BioGenome Project in collaboration with CanSeq150. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/90d8d59a-7f21-4985-bfbc-157d11fdbf90/AdobeStock_355796230.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Reference Genomes Transforming Species Conservation - Make it stand out Southern Corroboree Frog (Pseudophryne corroboree) has wild populations currently found only in Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales, Australia. It is listed as a critically endangered species and its population size is decreasing according to the IUCN Red List (IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, 2022). This reference genome was sequenced by the Vertebrate Genomes Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/41d24b0b-71f9-43a5-bb58-9f77ab20e760/shutterstock_2002940909.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Reference Genomes Transforming Species Conservation - Make it stand out Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) has a circumtropical distribution, is listed as an endangered species, and its population size is decreasing according to the IUCN Red List (Pierce and Norman, 2016). This reference genome was sequenced by Squalomix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/f68c1db7-14df-4151-9cc7-4cf9d333ccc5/Dive+Into+the+Depths.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Reference Genomes Transforming Species Conservation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.earthbiogenome.org/newsletter-blogs/conservation-genomics-fw7s5 monthly 0.5 2025-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/704fbbb1-8c13-40f6-93e9-34aa2d14da11/shutterstock_302633318.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Recent Publications - Make it stand out Red-shanked douc langur (Pygathrix nemaeus) is currently found in parts of Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia, is listed as a critically endangered species, and its population size is decreasing according to the IUCN Red List (Coudrat et al., 2020). This reference genome was sequenced by the 200 Mammals Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/31222831-17d6-4953-ac6e-4ad36aa1f356/bilby1_YuanyuanCheng.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Recent Publications - Make it stand out Ninu (Macrotis lagotis) is currently found in the greater sandy desert region of Australia, is listed as a vulnerable species, and its population size is decreasing according to the IUCN Red List (Burbidge and Woinarski, 2016). This reference genome was sequenced by the Threatened Species Initiative and BioPlatforms Australia. Photo taken by Yuanyuan Cheng. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/7b1cd0cc-a034-4380-abdf-a7a9b61f4c75/shutterstock_2105664029.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Recent Publications - Make it stand out African Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana) is currently found primarily in eastern and southern Africa, is listed as an endangered species, and its population size is decreasing according to the IUCN Red List (Gobush et al., 2022). This reference genome was sequenced by the Vertebrate Genomes Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/ebb6838d-e007-4893-8ecd-568fd7644895/shutterstock_2522075633.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Recent Publications - Make it stand out Hourglass Treefrog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus) is found in parts of central America, Colombia, and Ecuador. This species is not threatened according to the IUCN Red List (IUCN SSC, 2020). This reference genome was sequenced by the Vertebrate Genomes Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/42fc49eb-278b-4370-9d24-7c268511667b/Blue-Macaw-flying.jpg Newsletter Blogs - Recent Publications - Make it stand out Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) is currently found in three main regions of Brazil, is listed as a vulnerable species, and its population size is decreasing according to the IUCN Red List (BirdLife International, 2016). This reference genome was sequenced by the Vertebrate Genomes Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5e6c9518b27d27bddaf20f/26d29ef0-8576-4611-8ef8-117f61cbdf99/F_mex_AnnaLeavitt%2B-%2BSystematic%2BBotany.jpeg Newsletter Blogs - Recent Publications - Make it stand out Mexican flannelbush (Fremontodendron mexicanum) is currently found only in southern California and Baja California, Mexico, is listed as endangered, and its population size is decreasing according to the IUCN Red List (Carrero, 2022). This reference genome was sequenced by the California Conservation Genomics Project. 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