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The genome sequence of the white admiral, Limenitis camilla (Linnaeus, 1764)
Roger Vila1, Konrad Lohse2, Alex Hayward3
1Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, CSIC - Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract:
We present a genome assembly from an individual female Limenitis camilla (the white admiral; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae). The genome sequence is 435 megabases in span. Most of the assembly (99.97%) is scaffolded into 31 chromosomal pseudomolecules, corresponding to 29 autosomes plus the W and Z sex chromosomes. The complete mitochondrial genome was also assembled and is 15.2 kilobases in length. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 12,489 protein coding genes.
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