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Chromosome-level genome assembly of Megachile lagopoda (Linnaeus, 1761) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

Authors :
Dan Zhang
Jianfeng Jin
Zeqing Niu
Michael C. Orr
Feng Zhang
Rafael R. Ferrari
Qingtao Wu
Qingsong Zhou
Wa Da
Arong Luo
Chaodong Zhu
Source :
Scientific Data, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2024)
Publication Year :
2024
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2024.

Abstract

Abstract Megachile is one of the largest bee genera, including nearly 1,500 species, but very few chromosome-level assemblies exist for this group or the family Megachilidae. Here, we report the chromosome-level genome assembly of Megachile lagopoda collected from Xizang, China. Using PacBio CLR long reads and Hi-C data, we assembled a genome of 256.83 Mb with 96.08% of the assembly located on 16 chromosomes. Our assembly contains 266 scaffolds, with a scaffold N50 length of 15.6 Mb, and BUSCO completeness of 99.20%. We masked 27.10% (69.61 Mb) of the assembly as repetitive elements, identified 459 non-coding RNAs, and predicted 11,157 protein-coding genes. This high-quality genome of M. lagopoda represents an important step forward for our knowledge of megachilid genomics and bee evolution overall.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20524463
Volume :
11
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Scientific Data
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.5a7b5d6650e742ea964b45a451bf5167
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04028-y