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The genome sequence of the Purple-edged Copper, Lycaena hippothoe (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Hans-Peter Wymann1, Alena Suchackova Bartonova2, Kay Lucek3
1Independent researcher, Münchringen, Bern, Switzerland.
Abstract:
We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of Lycaena hippothoe (Purple-edged Copper; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Lycaenidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 484.25 megabases and 431.80 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (99.6%) is scaffolded into 25 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the W and Z sex chromosomes. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 15.43 kilobases.
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