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ArticleG3 (Bethesda, Md.)2021

Genome assembly and annotation of the California harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus.

Jonas Bohn, Reza Halabian, Lukas Schrader, Victoria Shabardina, Raphael Steffen, Yutaka Suzuki, Ulrich R Ernst, Jürgen Gadau, Wojciech Makałowski

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Article in G3 (Bethesda, Md.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Jonas BohnFaculty of Medicine, Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Reza HalabianFaculty of Medicine, Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Lukas SchraderFaculty of Biology, Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Victoria ShabardinaFaculty of Medicine, Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Raphael SteffenFaculty of Biology, Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Yutaka SuzukiDepartment of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Chiba 277-8562, Japan.
Ulrich R ErnstFaculty of Biology, Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Jürgen GadauFaculty of Biology, Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Wojciech MakałowskiFaculty of Medicine, Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The harvester ant genus Pogonomyrmex is endemic to arid and semiarid habitats and deserts of North and South America. The California harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus is the most widely distributed Pogonomyrmex species in North America. Pogonomyrmex californicus colonies are usually monogynous, i.e. a colony has one queen. However, in a few populations in California, primary polygyny evolved, i.e. several queens cooperate in colony founding after their mating flights and continue to coexist in mature colonies. Here, we present a genome assembly and annotation of P. californicus. The size of the assembly is 241 Mb, which is in agreement with the previously estimated genome size. We were able to annotate 17,889 genes in total, including 15,688 protein-coding ones with BUSCO (Benchmarking Universal Single-Copy Orthologs) completeness at a 95% level. The presented P. californicus genome assembly will pave the way for investigations of the genomic underpinnings of social polymorphism in the number of queens, regulation of aggression, and the evolution of adaptations to dry habitats.

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AntsAggressionAnimalsCaliforniaReproductionSocial Behaviorgenome annotationgenome assemblyHymenopteraNanopore sequencingpolygynysocial insect

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PMCPMC8022709

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