Theissinger, KathrinFernandes, CarlosFormenti, GiulioBista, IlianaBerg, Paul R.Bleidorn, ChristophBombarely, AurelianoCrottini, AngelicaGallo, Guido R.Godoy, José A.Jentoft, SisselMalukiewicz, JoannaMouton, AliceOomen, Rebekah A.Paez, SadyePalsbøll, Per J.Pampoulie, ChristopheRuiz-López, María J.Secomandi, SimonaSvardal, HannesTheofanopoulou, Constantinade Vries, JanWaldvogel, Ann-MarieZhang, GuojieJarvis, Erich D.Bálint, MiklósCiofi, ClaudioWaterhouse, Robert M.Mazzoni, Camila J.Höglund, JacobThe European Reference Genome Atlas ConsortiumLayton, Kara2023-10-122023-10-122023-07Theissinger, K, Fernandes, C, Formenti, G, Bista, I, Berg, P R, Bleidorn, C, Bombarely, A, Crottini, A, Gallo, G R, Godoy, J A, Jentoft, S, Malukiewicz, J, Mouton, A, Oomen, R A, Paez, S, Palsbøll, P J, Pampoulie, C, Ruiz-López, M J, Secomandi, S, Svardal, H, Theofanopoulou, C, de Vries, J, Waldvogel, A-M, Zhang, G, Jarvis, E D, Bálint, M, Ciofi, C, Waterhouse, R M, Mazzoni, C J, Höglund, J, The European Reference Genome Atlas Consortium & Layton, K 2023, 'How genomics can help biodiversity conservation', Trends in Genetics, vol. 39, no. 7, pp. 545-559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2023.01.0050168-9525RIS: urn:4E14840E11E45AF64E86C9E4918364BEORCID: /0000-0002-4302-3048/work/129409513https://hdl.handle.net/2164/21907Acknowledgments We thank Cecilia Helmerson, Antonio Rivas, Nelson Lauzon, and Sally Leys, for the pictures of the Atlantic cod, the Iberian lynx, the European beech, and the freshwater sponge, respectively. We also thank Fabien Condamine, Love Dalén, Richard Durbin, Bruno Fosso, Roderic Guigó, Marc Hanikenne, Alberto Pallavicini, Olga Vinnere Pettersson, Xavier Turon, and Detlef Weigel for their contributions to the manuscript, as well as the whole ERGA community for making this possible.152178646engAnthropocenebiodiversity genomicsgenomic toolboxreference genomesconservation applicationsEuropean Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA)QH301 BiologyQH301Journal article10.1016/j.tig.2023.01.005397