Lepidoptera genomes: current knowledge, gaps and future directions.
Curr Opin Insect Sci
; 25: 99-105, 2018 02.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29602369
ABSTRACT
Butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) are one of the most ecologically diverse and speciose insect orders. With recent advances in genomics, new Lepidoptera genomes are regularly being sequenced, and many of them are playing principal roles in genomics studies, particularly in the fields of phylo-genomics and functional genomics. Thus far, assembled genomes are only available for <10 of the 43 Lepidoptera superfamilies. Nearly all are model species, found in the speciose clade Ditrysia. Community support for Lepidoptera genomics is growing with successful management and dissemination of data and analytical tools in centralized databases. With genomic studies quickly becoming integrated with ecological and evolutionary research, the Lepidoptera community will unquestionably benefit from new high-quality reference genomes that are more evenly distributed throughout the order.
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Main subject:
Genome, Insect
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Lepidoptera
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Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Curr Opin Insect Sci
Year:
2018
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Article