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Digitonthophagus gazella
Summary
| Type |
organism
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| Genus |
Digitonthophagus
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| Species |
gazella
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| Common Name |
Brown dung beetle
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| Genome Browser | |
| Description | |
| Publication |
Davidson PL, Moczek AP. Genome evolution and divergence in cis-regulatory architecture is associated with condition-responsive development in horned dung beetles. PLoS genetics. 2024 Mar; 20(3):e1011165.
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| Organism Image |
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| Image Credit |
5539236-WEB.jpg by Emmy Engasser, Hawaiian Scarab ID, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License. |
Assembly Stats
| Contig N50 |
33 Mb |
|---|---|
| GC Content |
32.0% |
| Scaffold N50 |
33 Mb |
Other Information
| Community Contact |
Armin Moczek, Indiana University Bloomington |
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| Links |
Analyses
| Name | Program | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Digitonthophagus gazella annotations IU_Dgaz_1.0_GeneSetv1.1 | BRAKER2 | Current |
| Digitonthophagus gazella genome assembly IU_Dgaz_1.0 (GCA_036711955.1) | HiFiasm | Current |
| Functional annotation of Digitonthophagus gazella annotations IU_Dgaz_1.0_GeneSetv1.1 | AgBase functional annotation pipeline | Current |
Digitonthophagus gazella (common names: gazella scarab, brown dung beetle) is a species of scarab beetle. It belongs to the genus Digitonthophagus, which was promoted from subgenus to genus level in 1959. There has been some confusion regarding the application of the names with many people using the outdated name Onthophagus gazella. Dung beetle experts use the term Digitonthophagus gazella. Its native distribution is Afro-Asian. It has been introduced to many other parts of the world in order to help remove cattle dung from pastures, with some introductions leading to naturalized populations. Digitonthophagus gazella was introduced into Australia as part of the Australian Dung Beetle project in 1968. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitonthophagus_gazella