The Genome Sequence of the Common Carder Bee, (Scopoli, 1763)

Overview

Journal Wellcome Open Res

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2023 Aug 25

PMID 37621574

Authors

Liam M Crowley

Olga Sivell

Duncan Sivell

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Abstract

We present a genome assembly from an individual female (the Common Carder Bee; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Apidae). The genome sequence is 307.5 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 17 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 21.9 kilobases in length. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 12,999 protein coding genes.

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