Genome report: chromosome-scale genome assembly of the West Indian fruit fly Anastrepha obliqua (Diptera: Tephritidae).

ABSTRACT: The West Indian fruit fly, Anastrepha obliqua, is a major pest of mango in Central and South America and attacks more than 60 species of host fruits. To support current genetic and genomic research on A. obliqua, we sequenced the genome using high-fidelity long-read sequencing. This resulted in a highly contiguous contig assembly with 90% of the genome in 10 contigs. The contig assembly was placed in a chromosomal context using synteny with a closely related species, Anastrepha ludens, as both are members of the Anastrepha fraterculus group. The resulting assembly represents the five autosomes and the X chromosome which represents 95.9% of the genome, and 199 unplaced contigs representing the remaining 4.1%. Orthology analysis across the structural annotation sets of high quality tephritid

SUBMITTER: Sim SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10989853 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature