The genome sequence of long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809)

Nicholas J Davison; Phillip A Morin; 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

doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.23919.1

The genome sequence of long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809)

Wellcome Open Res. 2025 Apr 8:10:180. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.23919.1. eCollection 2025.

Authors

Nicholas J Davison¹, Phillip A Morin²; 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

Affiliations

¹ University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
² Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, La Jolla, California, USA.

Abstract

We present a genome assembly from a male specimen of Globicephala melas (long-finned pilot whale; Chordata; Mammalia; Artiodactyla; Delphinidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 2,651.28 megabases. Most of the assembly (89.15%) is scaffolded into 23 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X and Y sex chromosomes. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 16.39 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 17,911 protein-coding genes.

Keywords: Artiodactyla; Globicephala melas; chromosomal; genome sequence; long-finned pilot whale.

Grants and funding

WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom