| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2024 |
| Authors: | Y. Yan, Zhao, K., Yang, L., Liu, N., Xu, Y., Gai, J., Xing, G. |
| Journal: | Scientific Data |
| Volume: | 11 |
| Start Page: | 1062 |
| Pagination: | 1062 |
| Date Published: | 09/2024 |
| Keywords: | BOMBYX, CHINA, CHROMOSOME ASSEMBLY, CHROMOSOMES, CLANIS, FOODPLANT, GENE ANNOTATION, IMMATURE STAGES, MANDUCA, SPHINGIDAE, SYNTENY, WORLDMAP1 |
| Abstract: | "The soybean hawkmoth Clanis bilineata tsingtauica Mell (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae; CBT), as one of the main leaf-chewing pests of soybeans, has gained popularity as an edible insect in China recently due to its high nutritional value. However, high-quality genome of CBT remains unclear, which greatly limits further research. In the present study, we assembled a high-quality chromosome-level genome of CBT using PacBio HiFi reads and Hi-C technologies for the first time. The size of the assembled genome is 477.45 Mb with a contig N50 length of 17.43 Mb. After Hi-C scaffolding, the contigs were anchored to 29 chromosomes with a mapping rate of 99.61%. Benchmarking Universal Single-Copy Orthologues (BUSCO) completeness value is 99.49%. The genome contains 252.16 Mb of repeat elements and 14,214 protein-coding genes. In addition, chromosomal synteny analysis showed that the genome of CBT has a strong synteny with that of Manduca sexta. In conclusion, this high-quality genome provides an important resource for future studies of CBT and contributes to the development of integrated pest management strategies." |
| URL: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03853-5 |