@article{edab8e239e4f48f483e14c987da42813,
title = "The genome sequence of the Violet Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa violacea (Linnaeus, 1785): A hymenopteran species undergoing range expansion",
abstract = "We present a reference genome assembly from an individual male Violet Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa violacea, Linnaeus 1758). The assembly is 1.02 gigabases in span. 48% of the assembly is scaffolded into 17 pseudo-chromosomal units. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 21.8 kilobases in length. The genome is highly repetitive, likely representing a highly heterochromatic architecture expected of bees from the genus Xylocopa. We also use an evidence-based methodology to annotate 10,152 high confidence coding genes. This genome was sequenced as part of the pilot project of the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) and represents an important addition to the genomic resources available for Hymenoptera.",
author = "Nash, {Will J.} and Angela Man and Seanna McTaggart and Kendall Baker and Tom Barker and Leah Catchpole and Alex Durrant and Karim Gharbi and Naomi Irish and Gemy Kaithakottil and Debby Ku and Aaliyah Providence and Felix Shaw and David Swarbreck and Chris Watkins and McCartney, {Ann M.} and Giulio Formenti and Alice Mouton and Noel Vella and {von Reumont}, {Bj{\"o}rn M.} and Adriana Vella and Wilfried Haerty",
note = "Data availability statement: The data underlying this article are available in the European Nucleotide Archive and can be accessed with the BioProject identifier PRJEB72102. The assembly is available through GenBank under the accession GCA_963969225.2. Funding Information: The authors acknowledge support from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation, Core Capability Grant BB/CCG2220/1 at the Earlham Institute and its constituent work packages (BBS/E/T/000PR9818 and BBS/E/T/000PR9819), and the Core Capability Grant BB/CCG1720/1 and the National Capability at the Earlham Institute BBS/E/T/000PR9816 (NC1\u2014Supporting EI\u2019s ISPs and the UK Community with Genomics and Single Cell Analysis), BBS/E/T/000PR9811 (NC4\u2014Enabling and Advancing Life Scientists in data-driven research through Advanced Genomics and Computational Training), and BBS/E/T/000PR9814 (NC 3 - Development and deployment of versatile digital platforms for \u2018omics-based data sharing and analysis). Authors also acknowledge support from BBSRC Core Capability Grant BB/CCG1720/1 and the work delivered via the Scientific Computing group, as well as support for the physical HPC infrastructure and data centre delivered via the NBI Computing infrastructure for Science (CiS) group. AV and NV acknowledge funding from the BioCon_Innovate Research Excellence Grant (I18LU06-01) from the University of Malta. BMvR acknowledges funding from the DFG (RE3454/6-1).",
year = "2024",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1038/s41437-024-00720-2",
language = "English",
volume = "133",
pages = "381–387",
journal = "Heredity",
issn = "0018-067X",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
number = "6",
}