A High-Quality Genome Assembly from Short and Long Reads for the Non-biting Midge Chironomus riparius (Diptera)

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 pr...

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Published inG3 : genes - genomes - genetics Vol. 10; no. 4; pp. 1151 - 1157
Main Authors Schmidt, Hanno, Hellmann, Sören Lukas, Waldvogel, Ann-Marie, Feldmeyer, Barbara, Hankeln, Thomas, Pfenninger, Markus
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Genetics Society of America 01.04.2020
Oxford University Press
Subjects
chironomus riparius
Genome Report
hybrid genome assembly
recombination rate
Chironomus riparius
recombination rate
hybrid genome assembly
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Summary: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 ' 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.
ISSN:2160-1836
2160-1836
DOI:10.1534/G3.119.400710