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10 fowl Cactus

This alignment has been generated in Ensembl release 112.

API access

This alignment set can be accessed using the Compara API via the Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::MethodLinkSpeciesSetAdaptor using the method_link_type "CACTUS_HAL" and the species_set_name "collection-fowl".

HAL configuration

HAL alignments require further configuration. See the instructions in our README.

SpeciesAssemblyGenome length (bp)Genome coverage (bp)Genome coverage (%)
Muscovy Duck (domestic type) (Cairina moschata domestica)CaiMos1.01,109,207,2011,059,427,35595.51
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)ASM874695v11,211,992,7561,076,064,13388.78
Pink-footed goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)ASM259213v11,116,992,3941,055,058,53994.46
Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris)NumMel1.01,043,264,150973,047,43293.27
Chicken (Red Jungle fowl) (Gallus gallus)GRCg6a1,065,365,4251,019,139,63395.66
Chicken (Gallus gallus)bGalGal1.mat.broiler.GRCg7b1,053,332,2511,027,947,84297.59
Chicken (paternal White leghorn layer) (Gallus gallus)bGalGal1.pat.whiteleghornlayer.GRCg7w1,048,336,6601,025,178,53097.79
Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus)AIIM_Pcri_1.01,027,510,962993,516,11296.69
Ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)ASM414374v11,017,507,340959,048,88494.25
Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)Coturnix_japonica_2.0927,656,957859,635,94792.67

Cactus coverage calculation

Cactus coverage values are obtained from the output of halAlignmentDepth (Hickey et al. 2013), then aggregated per genome.