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Draft genome assembly and population genetics of an agricultural pollinator, the solitary alkali bee (Halictidae: Nomia melanderi) — G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

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Key
kapheim-2019-genome
Authors
Kapheim, Karen M.; Pan, Hailin; Li, Cai; Blatti, Charles; Harpur, Brock A.
Issued
2019
Type
article-journal
Container
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
Volume
9
Issue
3
Pages
625-634
Raw CSL JSON
{
  "DOI": "10.1534/g3.118.200865",
  "URL": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6404593/",
  "note": "Author list abbreviated (et al.).",
  "page": "625-634",
  "type": "article-journal",
  "issue": "3",
  "title": "Draft genome assembly and population genetics of an agricultural pollinator, the solitary alkali bee (Halictidae: Nomia melanderi)",
  "author": [
    {
      "given": "Karen M.",
      "family": "Kapheim"
    },
    {
      "given": "Hailin",
      "family": "Pan"
    },
    {
      "given": "Cai",
      "family": "Li"
    },
    {
      "given": "Charles",
      "family": "Blatti",
      "suffix": "III"
    },
    {
      "given": "Brock A.",
      "family": "Harpur"
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2019
      ]
    ]
  },
  "volume": "9",
  "container-title": "G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics"
}

Claims

  1. The draft alkali bee genome assembly is 299.6 million base pairs, with 10,847 predicted protein-coding genes; 37.5% of the genome is repetitive content.
    "37.5% of the N. melanderi genome is repetitive content"
    Quote language: en
  2. Sampling females from nesting aggregations in and around Touchet, Washington, the study found no evidence of population structure, and inferred that effective population size declined within the last 10,000 years; 479 genes showed signs of positive directional selection.
    "We did not find any evidence of population structure among our samples."
    Quote language: en
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