Edinburgh Genomics

Chromosome-level genome assembly of the Endangered scaly-sided merganser Mergus squamatus with insight into its demographic history

Abstract The scaly-sided merganser, Mergus squamatus, is an Endangered piscivorous duck which has been declining since the late 1900s due to habitat loss, over-hunting, and climate change. Despite being a species of global conservation concern and subject to ex- and in-situ conse...