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Fore and hind wings of Vanessa atalanta specimens from which the genome was sequenced. (A) Dorsal surface view of wings from specimen SC_VA_1209 (ilVanAtal1) from Carrifran Wildwood, Scotland, UK, used to generate Pacific Bioscience, 10X genomics and HiC data. (B) surface view of wings from specimen SC_VA_1209 (ilVanAtal1) from Carrifran Wildwood, Scotland, UK, used to generate Pacific Biosciences, 10X genomics and HiC data. (C) Dorsal surface view of wings from specimen SC_VA_1219 (ilVanAtal2) from Carrifran Wildwood, Scotland, UK, used to generate RNASeq data. (D) surface view of wings from specimen SC_VA_1219 (ilVanAtal2) from Carrifran Wildwood, Scotland, UK, used to generate RNASeq data.
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We present a genome assembly from an individual female Vanessa atalanta (the red admiral; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae). The genome sequence is 370 megabases in span. The majority of the assembly (99.44%) is scaffolded into 32 chromosomal pseudomolecules, with the W and Z sex chromosome assembled. Gene annotation of this assembly o...
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... genome was sequenced from a single female V. atalanta ( Figure 1A, B) collected from Carrifran Wildwood, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland (latitude 55.400132, longitude -3.3352). A total of 34-fold coverage in Pacific Biosciences single-molecule long reads (N50 11 kb) and 95-fold coverage in 10X Genomics read clouds were generated. ...
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... female V. atalanta specimens (ilVanAtal1 and ilVanAtal2; Figure 1) were collected from Carrifran Wildwood, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland (latitude 55.400132, longitude -3.3352) by Konrad Lohse, University of Edinburgh, using a net. The samples were identified by the same individual and snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen. ...
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... genome was sequenced from a single female V. atalanta ( Figure 1A, B) collected from Carrifran Wildwood, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland (latitude 55.400132, longitude -3.3352). A total of 34-fold coverage in Pacific Biosciences single-molecule long reads (N50 11 kb) and 95-fold coverage in 10X Genomics read clouds were generated. ...
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... female V. atalanta specimens (ilVanAtal1 and ilVanAtal2; Figure 1) were collected from Carrifran Wildwood, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland (latitude 55.400132, longitude -3.3352) by Konrad Lohse, University of Edinburgh, using a net. The samples were identified by the same individual and snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen. ...
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