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Genomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
The Vertebrate Genome Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
NPJ Biodivers. 2024 Sep 17;3(1):28. doi: 10.1038/s44185-024-00054-6.
A genomic database of all Earth's eukaryotic species could contribute to many scientific discoveries; however, only a tiny fraction of species have genomic information available. In 2018, scientists across the world united under the Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), aiming to produce a database of high-quality reference genomes containing all ~1.5 million recognized eukaryotic species. As the European node of the EBP, the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) sought to implement a new decentralised, equitable and inclusive model for producing reference genomes. For this, ERGA launched a Pilot Project establishing the first distributed reference genome production infrastructure and testing it on 98 eukaryotic species from 33 European countries. Here we outline the infrastructure and explore its effectiveness for scaling high-quality reference genome production, whilst considering equity and inclusion. The outcomes and lessons learned provide a solid foundation for ERGA while offering key learnings to other transnational, national genomic resource projects and the EBP.
一个包含地球上所有真核生物物种的基因组数据库可能会促成许多科学发现;然而,只有极小一部分物种拥有可用的基因组信息。2018年,世界各地的科学家联合起来开展地球生物基因组计划(EBP),旨在建立一个包含所有约150万种已知真核生物物种的高质量参考基因组数据库。作为EBP的欧洲节点,欧洲参考基因组图谱(ERGA)试图实施一种新的分散式、公平且包容的模式来生产参考基因组。为此,ERGA启动了一个试点项目,建立首个分布式参考基因组生产基础设施,并在来自33个欧洲国家的98种真核生物物种上进行测试。在此,我们概述该基础设施,并探讨其在扩大高质量参考基因组生产规模方面的有效性,同时考虑公平性和包容性。所取得的成果和经验教训为ERGA奠定了坚实基础,同时也为其他跨国、国家基因组资源项目以及EBP提供了关键经验。