Related Experiment Video
Updated: Apr 24, 2026

Author Spotlight: Optimizing Mosquito Organ Dissection for Studying Symbionts and Vector Microbiomes
Published on: October 4, 2024
The genome sequence of the Acorn Weevil, Curculio glandium (T.Marsham, 1802) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Douglas Boyes1, Liam M Crowley2, James McCulloch2,3
1UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, England, UK.
Abstract:
We present a genome assembly from an individual female Curculio glandium (Acorn Weevil; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Curculionidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 1 121.34 megabases. Most of the assembly (97.77%) is scaffolded into 13 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X sex chromosome. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 21.61 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.
Related Concept Videos
Cis-regulatory Sequences
Cis-regulatory Sequences
Multi-species Conserved Sequences
Although the genome of each species varies greatly from each other, a few sequences are highly conserved. Such conserved...
Exon Recombination
Exon shuffling follows “splice frame rules.” Each exon...
Genomic DNA in Eukaryotes
Heterochromatin
Constitutive heterochromatin: It is a highly compact region of chromatin that is mostly concentrated in the centromere and telomere. Unlike euchromatin, the amino acid at...

