The genome sequence of a tachinid fly, Linnaemya vulpina (Fallén, 1810)
Olga Sivell, Ryan Mitchell, Chris Raper, Natural History Museum Genome Acquisition Lab, Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations, Wellcome Sanger In · 2024
Read The genome sequence of a tachinid fly, Linnaemya vulpina (Fallén, 1810) by Olga Sivell, Ryan Mitchell, Chris Raper, Natural History Museum Genome Acquisition Lab, Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations, Wellcome Sanger In (2024) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-11724206.txt.
Description
A parasitic fly that lays its eggs in other insects now has its full gene code read and assembled. Olga Sivell and co-authors present that genome in this 2024 paper, part of a large project to sequence British wildlife. The fly sample came from a single male insect.
The assembled code runs to five hundred and fifty-four million letters, with nearly all of it sorted into seven chromosome-like pieces, including the sex chromosomes. The small power-house genome was also completed. Gene finding software picked out more than eleven thousand protein-making genes. A public genome like this helps scientists study how parasitic flies evolve, how they find hosts, and how they might be used or controlled in farming and nature care.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Olga Sivell, Ryan Mitchell, Chris Raper, Natural History Museum Genome Acquisition Lab, Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations, Wellcome Sanger In |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |