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The genome sequence of the weevil, Pachyrhinus lethierryi (Desbrochers des Loges, 1875) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Maxwell V L Barclay1, Michael F Geiser1,
1Natural History Museum, London, England, UK.
Abstract:
We present a genome assembly from an individual male Pachyrhinus lethierryi (weevil; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Curculionidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 619.57 megabases and 512.45 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (99.88%) is scaffolded into 11 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X sex chromosome. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 21.74 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.
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