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- Title
Sequencing, assembly and annotation of the whole-insect genome of Lymantria dispar dispar, the European gypsy moth.
- Authors
Sparks, Michael E.; Hebert, Francois Olivier; Johnston, J. Spencer; Hamelin, Richard C.; Cusson, Michel; Levesque, Roger C.; Gundersen-Rindal, Dawn E.
- Abstract
The European gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar dispar (LDD), is an invasive insect and a threat to urban trees, forests and forest-related industries in North America. For use as a comparator with a previously published genome based on the LD652 pupal ovary-derived cell line, as well as whole-insect genome sequences obtained from the Asian gypsy moth subspecies L. dispar asiatica and L. dispar japonica, the whole-insect LDD genome was sequenced, assembled and annotated. The resulting assembly was 998 Mb in size, with a contig N50 of 662 Kb and a GC content of 38.8%. Long interspersed nuclear elements constitute 25.4% of the whole-insect genome, and a total of 11,901 genes predicted by automated gene finding encoded proteins exhibiting homology with reference sequences in the NCBI NR and/or UniProtKB databases at the most stringent similarity cutoff level (i.e., the gold tier). These results will be especially useful in developing a better understanding of the biology and population genetics of L. dispar and the genetic features underlying Lepidoptera in general.
- Subjects
NORTH America; LYMANTRIA dispar; INTRODUCED insects; POPULATION genetics; FORESTS &; forestry; URBAN trees
- Publication
G3: Genes | Genomes | Genetics, 2021, Vol 11, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
2160-1836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/g3journal/jkab150