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- Title
A High-Quality Genome Assembly from Short and Long Reads for the Non-biting Midge Chironomus riparius (Diptera).
- Authors
Schmidt, Hanno; Hellmann, Sören Lukas; Waldvogel, Ann-Marie; Feldmeyer, Barbara; Hankeln, Thomas; Pfenninger, Markus
- Abstract
Chironomus riparius is of great importance as a study species in various fields like ecotoxicology, molecular genetics, developmental biology and ecology. However, only a fragmented draft genome exists to date, hindering the recent rush of population genomic studies in this species. Making use of 50 NGS datasets, we present a hybrid genome assembly from short and long sequence reads that make C. riparius' genome one of the most contiguous Dipteran genomes published, the first complete mitochondrial genome of the species, and the respective recombination rate among the first insect recombination rates at all. The genome assembly and associated resources will be highly valuable to the broad community working with dipterans in general and chironomids in particular. The estimated recombination rate will help evolutionary biologists gaining a better understanding of commonalities and differences of genomic patterns in insects.
- Subjects
CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS riparius; INSECT diversity; DIPTERA; ECOLOGY; MOLECULAR genetics; GENOMES
- Publication
G3: Genes | Genomes | Genetics, 2020, Vol 10, Issue 4, p1151
- ISSN
2160-1836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1534/g3.119.400710