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The genome sequence of a blow fly, Melanomya nana (Meigen, 1826) (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
Olga Sivell1, Ryan Mitchell2, Duncan Sivell1
1Natural History Museum, London, England, UK.
Abstract:
We present a genome assembly from an individual male Melanomya nana (blow fly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Calliphoridae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 1 391.98 megabases and 1 424.34 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (99.62%) is scaffolded into 5 chromosomal pseudomolecules. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 27.12 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.

