Draft Genome Assemblies and Annotations of Agrypnia vestita Walker, and Hesperophylaxmagnus Banks Reveal Substantial Repetitive Element Expansion in Tube Case-making Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera)
Lindsey K. Olsen, Jacqueline Heckenhauer, John S. Sproul, Rebecca B. Dikow, Vanessa Liz González, Matthew Kweskin, Adam M Taylor, Seth B. Wilson, Russell J. Stewart, Xin Yu Zhou, Ralph W. Holzenthal, Steffen U. Pauls, Paul B. Frandsen
The paper reports the first long-read de novo genome assemblies of two tube case-making caddisflies, revealing substantial repetitive element expansion contributing to larger genome sizes compared to annulipalpian species.
Genome Biology and Evolution · Jan 18, 2021Peer-reviewedGenomics