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Published on: December 28, 2016
The genome sequence of a ground beetle, Dromius quadrimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Liam M Crowley1, Roger Booth2, Michael F Geiser2
1University of Oxford, Oxford, England, UK.
Abstract:
We present a genome assembly from an individual female Dromius quadrimaculatus (ground beetle; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Carabidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 778.78 megabases. Most of the assembly (95.73%) is scaffolded into 14 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X sex chromosome. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 16.57 kilobases. This assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces reference genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland.

