A draft genome assembly of the planorbid snail Armiger crista (Hygrophila, Planorbiidae)
Panagiota Kotsakiozi, Marina Karoumpali, Erika Šlachtová, Elena Sarropoulou, Maria Stoumpoudi, Aristeidis Parmakelis · 2026
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Description
Panagiota Kotsakiozi and co-authors publish the draft genome of a small freshwater snail, Armiger crista. Their 2026 data paper supports a larger project comparing genomes of freshwater snails with different threat levels on the conservation red list. Snail genomes are scarce in the databases, partly because their tissues carry slime compounds that spoil DNA extraction.
The assembly adds a planorbid snail to the public record, a family that includes medically important species elsewhere. The authors describe how the sequence was produced despite the extraction hurdles. Reference genomes like this one let conservation biologists read a species' history and vulnerability directly from its DNA.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Panagiota Kotsakiozi, Marina Karoumpali, Erika Šlachtová, Elena Sarropoulou, Maria Stoumpoudi, Aristeidis Parmakelis |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 9 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |