{"id":232,"date":"2026-01-27T15:22:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/biodiversitygenomics\/?page_id=232"},"modified":"2026-02-05T13:05:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:05:29","slug":"mountain-hare","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/biodiversitygenomics\/mountain-hare\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Mountain hare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The mountain hare is an iconic northern species adapted to snowy winter conditions and serves as a sentinel species for climate change. Photo by Mervi Kunnasranta.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The reference genome of the mountain hare (Lepus timidus<\/em>) was sequenced and assembled from a male individual originating from Ilomantsi, Finland. The genome has a total length of 2.695 billion base pairs and consists of 23 autosomes as well as the X and Y sex chromosomes. It contains 23,778 genes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The genome has been published and is available for exploration in the NCBI Genome database<\/a>. A more detailed description of the genome assembly has been published in the\u00a0PCI Genomics<\/a><\/em>\u00a0journal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reference genomes of the European brown hare and the mountain hare are key resources for research on these species. Hare research<\/a> conducted at the Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences at the University of Eastern Finland makes extensive use of genomic data in both population genetic studies and experimental research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The reference genome of the mountain hare (Lepus timidus) was sequenced and assembled from a male individual originating from Ilomantsi, Finland. The genome has a total length of 2.695 billion base pairs and consists of 23 autosomes as well as the X and Y sex chromosomes. It contains 23,778 genes. 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