The genome sequence of the Violet Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa violacea (Linnaeus, 1785): a hymenopteran species undergoing range expansion.


Journal

Heredity
ISSN: 1365-2540
Titre abrégé: Heredity (Edinb)
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0373007

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Date de publication:
16 Sep 2024
Historique:
received: 03 04 2024
accepted: 16 08 2024
revised: 16 08 2024
medline: 16 9 2024
pubmed: 16 9 2024
entrez: 15 9 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

We present a reference genome assembly from an individual male Violet Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa violacea, Linnaeus 1758). The assembly is 1.02 gigabases in span. 48% of the assembly is scaffolded into 17 pseudo-chromosomal units. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 21.8 kilobases in length. The genome is highly repetitive, likely representing a highly heterochromatic architecture expected of bees from the genus Xylocopa. We also use an evidence-based methodology to annotate 10,152 high confidence coding genes. This genome was sequenced as part of the pilot project of the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) and represents an important addition to the genomic resources available for Hymenoptera.

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pubmed: 39278996
doi: 10.1038/s41437-024-00720-2
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Auteurs

Will J Nash (WJ)

The Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UZ, UK. will.nash@earlham.ac.uk.

Angela Man (A)

The Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UZ, UK.

Seanna McTaggart (S)

The Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UZ, UK.

Kendall Baker (K)

The Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UZ, UK.

Tom Barker (T)

The Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UZ, UK.

Leah Catchpole (L)

The Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UZ, UK.

Alex Durrant (A)

The Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UZ, UK.

Karim Gharbi (K)

The Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UZ, UK.

Naomi Irish (N)

The Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UZ, UK.

Gemy Kaithakottil (G)

The Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UZ, UK.

Debby Ku (D)

The Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UZ, UK.

Aaliyah Providence (A)

The Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UZ, UK.

Felix Shaw (F)

The Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UZ, UK.

David Swarbreck (D)

The Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UZ, UK.

Chris Watkins (C)

The Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UZ, UK.

Ann M McCartney (AM)

Genomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, USA.

Giulio Formenti (G)

The Vertebrate Genome Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, 1240 York Ave, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Department of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.

Alice Mouton (A)

Department of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
InBios - Conservation Genetics Laboratory, University of Liege, Chemin de la Vallee 4, 4000, Liege, Belgium.
SEED - Departement des sciences et gestion de l'environnement, University of Liege, Chemin de la Vallee 4, 4000, Liege, Belgium.

Noel Vella (N)

Conservation Biology Research Group, Biology Department, University of Malta, Msida, MSD 2080, Malta.

Björn M von Reumont (BM)

LOEWE Center for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt, Germany.
Applied Bioinformatics Group, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, 60438, Frankfurt, Germany.

Adriana Vella (A)

Conservation Biology Research Group, Biology Department, University of Malta, Msida, MSD 2080, Malta. adriana.vella@um.edu.mt.

Wilfried Haerty (W)

The Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UZ, UK. wilfried.haerty@earlham.ac.uk.
School of Biological Sciences, The University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK. wilfried.haerty@earlham.ac.uk.

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