De Novo Genome Assemblies for Three North American Bumble Bee Species: Bombus bifarius, Bombus vancouverensis, and Bombus vosnesenskii

We present de novo genome assemblies for each of the three species using hybrid assembly of Illumina and Oxford Nanopore Technologies sequences. All three assemblies are of high quality with large N50s (> 2.2 Mb), BUSCO scores indicating > 98% complete genes, and annotations producing 13,325 – 13,687 genes, comparing favorably with other bee genomes. Analysis of synteny against the most complete bumble bee genome, Bombus terrestris, reveals a high degree of collinearity. These genomes should provide a valuable resource for addressing questions relating to functional genomics and evolutionary biology in these species.

Source: G3: Genes Genomes Genetics - August 4, 2020 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Heraghty, S. D., Sutton, J. M., Pimsler, M. L., Fierst, J. L., Strange, J. P., Lozier, J. D. Tags: Genome Report Source Type: research