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The genome sequence of the springtail, Dicyrtomina minuta (O.Fabricius, 1783)
Kamil S Jaron1, Clément Schneider2, Christina N Hodson3
1Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, England, UK.
Wellcome Open Research
|September 20, 2024
Abstract:
We present a genome assembly from an individual female Dicyrtomina minuta (springtail; Arthropoda; Collembola; Symphypleona; Dicyrtomidae). The genome sequence is 582.0 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 5 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X 1 and X 2 sex chromosomes. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 15.59 kilobases in length.
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