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Medauroidea extradentata
Summary
| Type |
organism
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|---|---|
| Genus |
Medauroidea
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| Species |
extradentata
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| Common Name |
Vietnamese (or Annam) walking stick
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| Genome Browser | |
| Description | |
| 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.
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| Organism Image |
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| Image Credit |
By Drägüs (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Assembly Stats
| Contig N50 |
NA
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|---|---|
| GC Content |
37.58
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| Scaffold N50 |
43047
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Other Information
| Community Contact |
Brian R Johnson, University of California Davis
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| Links |
Analyses
| Name | Program |
|---|---|
| Medauroidea extradentata genome assembly ASM301236v1 (GCA_003012365.1) | DISCOVAR denovo |
| Mext_OGS_v1.0 | MAKER |
| Functional annotation of Medauroidea extradentata Mext OGS v1.0 | AgBase functional annotation pipeline |
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.