GenomicsGenome Biology and EvolutionPeer-reviewed
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…·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.