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Medauroidea extradentata

Summary
Analysis
Assembly Stats
Other Information
Summary
Resource Type
Organism
Genus
Medauroidea
Species
extradentata
Common Name
Vietnamese (or Annam) walking stick
Description

The Vietnamese walking stick is an invasive species native to Vietnam. This project produced a draft genome of this species for use as a model system in the study of plant cell wall breakdown by endogenously produced insect enzymes. As obligate leaf feeders who lack symbiotic microbes, the stick insects are ideally suited to this task.
Publication
Brand P, Lin W, Johnson BR. The Draft Genome of the Invasive Walking Stick, Medauroidea extradendata, Reveals Extensive Lineage-Specific Gene Family Expansions of Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes in Phasmatodea.. G3 (Bethesda, Md.). 2018 05 04; 8(5):1403-1408.
Organism Image
Image Credit
By Drägüs (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Analysis
NameProgramDate Constructed
Medauroidea extradentata genome assembly ASM301236v1 (GCA_003012365.1)DISCOVAR denovoMar 20th, 2018
Mext_OGS_v1.0MAKERApr 4th, 2018
Functional annotation of Medauroidea extradentata Mext OGS v1.0AgBase functional annotation pipelineJun 4th, 2022
Assembly Stats
Contig N50
NA
Scaffold N50
43047
GC Content
37.58
Other Information
Community Contact
Brian R Johnson, University of California Davis
Links
NCBI BioSample
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