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Draft genome assemblies of the ponerine ant Odontoponera transversa and the carpenter ant Camponotus friedae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Liu, Jinlin; Xiong, Zijun; Pan, Youliang; Zhao, Jie; Dai, Wei; Guo, Qunfei; Liu, Weiwei; Li, Qiye.
Affiliation
  • Liu J; School of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
  • Xiong Z; BGI Research, Wuhan, 430074, China.
  • Pan Y; BGI Research, Wuhan, 430074, China.
  • Zhao J; BGI Research, Wuhan, 430074, China.
  • Dai W; State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.
  • Guo Q; BGI Research, Wuhan, 430074, China.
  • Liu W; BGI Research, Wuhan, 430074, China.
  • Li Q; State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.
BMC Genom Data ; 25(1): 70, 2024 Jul 15.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39009995
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Ants are ecologically dominant insects in most terrestrial ecosystems, with more than 14,000 extant species in about 340 genera recorded to date. However, genomic resources are still scarce for most species, especially for species endemic in East or Southeast Asia, limiting the study of phylogeny, speciation and adaptation of this evolutionarily successful animal lineage. Here, we assemble and annotate the genomes of Odontoponera transversa and Camponotus friedae, two ant species with a natural distribution in China, to facilitate future study of ant evolution. DATA DESCRIPTION We obtained a total of 16 Gb and 51 Gb PacBio HiFi data for O. transversa and C. friedae, respectively, which were assembled into the draft genomes of 339 Mb for O. transversa and 233 Mb for C. friedae. Genome assessments by multiple metrics showed good completeness and high accuracy of the two assemblies. Gene annotations assisted by RNA-seq data yielded a comparable number of protein-coding genes in the two genomes (10,892 for O. transversa and 11,296 for C. friedae), while repeat annotations revealed a remarkable difference of repeat content between these two ant species (149.4 Mb for O. transversa versus 49.7 Mb for C. friedae). Besides, complete mitochondrial genomes for the two species were assembled and annotated.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Ants / Genome, Insect Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: BMC Genom Data Year: 2024 Document type: Article Affiliation country: China

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Ants / Genome, Insect Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: BMC Genom Data Year: 2024 Document type: Article Affiliation country: China