B10K Plan (IMAGE)

BGI Shenzhen

B10K Plan — Caption

This is the B10K plan in four phases. The consortium is carrying out the project in phases based on the hierarchical levels of avian classification. The ordinal level phase of about 34 orders has been accomplished (1), while the genomic data collection for representative species of about 240 families is ongoing right now. The specimen collection for the phase 3 of 2250 genera and phase 4 of the remaining 8000 species is under way.

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The Avian Phylogenomics Consortium

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