Improved chromosome-level genome assembly of the Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia) integrating Pacific Biosciences long reads and a high-density linkage map.
Olli-Pekka SmolanderDaniel BlandeVirpi AholaPasi RastasJaakko TanskanenJuhana I KammonenVicencio OostraLorenzo PellegriniSuvi IkonenTad A DallasMichelle F DiLeoAnne DuplouyIlhan Cem DuruPauliina HalimaaAapo KahilainenSuyog S KuwarSirpa O KärenlampiElvira LafuenteShiqi LuoJenny MakkonenAbhilash NairMaria de la Paz Celorio-ManceraVille PennanenAnnukka RuokolainenTarja SundellArja I TervahautaVictoria G Twortvan Bergen ErikJanina Österman-UddLars PaulinMikko J FrilanderPetri AuvinenSaastamoinen MarjoPublished in: GigaScience (2022)
The genome and its annotated gene models are a valuable resource for future comparative genomics, molecular biology, transcriptome, and genetics studies on this species.