{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Guizar Amador MF"],"funding":["Senacyt","Universidad de Costa Rica","David and Lucile Packard Foundation"],"pagination":["jkae211"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11540329"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14(11)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Orchidaceae is one of the most prominent flowering plant families, with many species exhibiting highly specialized reproductive and ecological adaptations. An estimated 10% of orchid species in the American tropics are pollinated by scent-collecting male euglossine bees; however, to date, there are no published genomes of species within this pollination syndrome. In this study, we present the first draft genome of an epiphytic orchid from the genus Gongora, a representative of the male euglossine bee-pollinated subtribe Stanhopeinae. The 1.83-Gb de novo genome with a scaffold N50 of 1.7 Mb was assembled using short- and long-read sequencing and chromosome capture (Hi-C) information. Over 17,000 genes were annotated, and 82.95% of the genome was identified as repetitive content. Furthermore"],"journal":["G3 (Bethesda, Md.)"],"pubmed_title":["The Gongora gibba genome assembly provides new insights into the evolution of floral scent in male euglossine bee-pollinated orchids."],"pmcid":["PMC11540329"],"funding_grant_id":["APY-NI-2017-05","C4074"],"pubmed_authors":["Ramirez SR","Bogarin D","Darragh K","Serracin Z","Dean C","Liu JW","Guizar Amador MF","Perez-Escobar OA","Pupulin F"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"The Gongora gibba genome assembly provides new insights into the evolution of floral scent in male euglossine bee-pollinated orchids.","description":"Orchidaceae is one of the most prominent flowering plant families, with many species exhibiting highly specialized reproductive and ecological adaptations. An estimated 10% of orchid species in the American tropics are pollinated by scent-collecting male euglossine bees; however, to date, there are no published genomes of species within this pollination syndrome. In this study, we present the first draft genome of an epiphytic orchid from the genus Gongora, a representative of the male euglossine bee-pollinated subtribe Stanhopeinae. The 1.83-Gb de novo genome with a scaffold N50 of 1.7 Mb was assembled using short- and long-read sequencing and chromosome capture (Hi-C) information. Over 17,000 genes were annotated, and 82.95% of the genome was identified as repetitive content. Furthermore","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Nov","modification":"2026-04-08T19:29:41.608Z","creation":"2025-04-04T02:34:37.406Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11540329","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39231006"],"doi":["10.1093/g3journal/jkae211"]}}