Formenti, GiulioTheissinger, KathrinFernandes, CarlosBista, IlianaBombarely, AurelianoBleidorn, ChristophCiofi, ClaudioCrottini, AngelicaGodoy, José A.Hoglund, JacobMalukiewicz, JoannaMouton, AliceOomen, Rebekah A.Paez, SadyePalsbøll, Per J.Pampoulie, ChristopheRuiz-López, María J.Svardal, HannesTheofanopoulou, Constantinade Vries, JanWaldvogel, Ann MarieZhang, GuojieMazzoni, Camila J.Jarvis, ErichBálint, MiklósEuropean Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) Consortium2022-03-242022-03-242022-03Formenti, G, Theissinger, K, Fernandes, C, Bista, I, Bombarely, A, Bleidorn, C, Ciofi, C, Crottini, A, Godoy, J A, Hoglund, J, Malukiewicz, J, Mouton, A, Oomen, R A, Paez, S, Palsbøll, P J, Pampoulie, C, Ruiz-López, M J, Svardal, H, Theofanopoulou, C, de Vries, J, Waldvogel, A M, Zhang, G, Mazzoni, C J, Jarvis, E, Bálint, M & European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) Consortium 2022, 'The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 197-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.11.0080169-5347https://hdl.handle.net/2164/18300Funding Information: We thank Fabien Condamine, Love Dal?n, Richard Durbin, Bruno Fosso, Roderic Guig?, 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 their ongoing support. We refer to the supplemental information online for acknowledgements for individual authors. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.6820061engbiodiversity conservationconservation geneticsERGAEuropean Reference Genome AtlasQH301 BiologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSupplementary InformationQH301Journal item10.1016/j.tree.2021.11.008http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85123684072&partnerID=8YFLogxK373