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Crowley LM. The genome sequence of the Saxon Wasp, Dolichovespula saxonica (Fabricius, 1793). Wellcome Open Res 2023; 8:498. [PMID: 38371738 PMCID: PMC10873546 DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.20180.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 02/20/2024] Open
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We present a genome assembly from an individual male Dolichovespula saxonica (the Saxon Wasp; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Vespidae). The genome sequence is 221.8 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 26 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 18.97 kilobases in length. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 10,856 protein coding genes.
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- Liam M. Crowley
- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, UK
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Bell GD, Corps N, Mortimer D, Gretton S, Bury N, Connett GJ. The tracheal system of the Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) - A micro-CT study. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 149:104547. [PMID: 37451536 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2023.104547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Revised: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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X-ray micro-CT has been used to study the tracheal system of Pre and Post hibernation Queen wasps (Vespula vulgaris) and their workers. We have compared our findings in wasps with Snodgrass's description of the tracheal system of the honeybee as characterised by anatomical dissection. Our images, whilst broadly similar, identify the tracheal system as being considerably more complex than previously suggested. One of the 30 wasps imaged had a markedly different, previously undescribed tracheal system. Since completing this study, a large micro-CT study from the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) has been published. This used different software (Slicer) and analysed 16bit digital data. We have compared our methods with that described in the AMNH publication, adopted their suggested nomenclature and have made recommendations for future studies.
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- G D Bell
- School of (EAST) Engineering, Arts, Science and Technology, University of Suffolk, James Hehir Building, University Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk IP3 0FS, UK
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- School of (EAST) Engineering, Arts, Science and Technology, University of Suffolk, James Hehir Building, University Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk IP3 0FS, UK
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- School of (EAST) Engineering, Arts, Science and Technology, University of Suffolk, James Hehir Building, University Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk IP3 0FS, UK
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- School of (EAST) Engineering, Arts, Science and Technology, University of Suffolk, James Hehir Building, University Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk IP3 0FS, UK
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- National Institute for Health Research, Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, Southampton Children's Hospital, UK.
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Falk S, Broad GR. The genome sequence of the tree wasp, Dolichovespula sylvestris Scopoli, 1763. Wellcome Open Res 2022; 7:113. [PMID: 36451628 PMCID: PMC9672531 DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17783.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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We present a genome assembly from an individual male Dolichovespula sylvestris (the tree wasp; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Vespidae). The genome sequence is 233 megabases in span. The majority of the assembly (95.56%) is scaffolded into 26 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome was also assembled and is 21.3 kilobases in length.
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- Steven Falk
- Independent Researcher, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK
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