Whole-genome de novo sequencing of Quail and Grey Partridge

Sufficient sequence data to initiate genome sequencing of quail and grey partridge has been obtained. The difference in assembly quality between species is a consequence of the difference in length of the sequence reads (54 cycles versus 101 cycles). Additional data will be required before sequence assembly are being performed. Specifically longer sequence reads (especially in quail) will be necessary to generate assemblies of a reasonable quality.