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The genome sequence of the Mountain Clouded Yellow, Colias phicomone (Esper, 1780) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)
Daniel Linke1, Irena Klečková2, Pavel Matos-Maraví2
1South Bohemian University in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
Abstract:
We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of Colias phicomone (Mountain Clouded Yellow; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Pieridae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 420.60 megabases and 355.84 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (99.03%) is scaffolded into 31 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the W, Z 1, and Z 2 sex chromosomes. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 15.15 kilobases.
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