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Latrodectus hesperus
Summary
| Type |
organism
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| Genus |
Latrodectus
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| Species |
hesperus
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| Common Name |
Western black widow spider
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| Description | |
| Publication |
Thomas GWC, Dohmen E, Hughes DST, Murali SC, Poelchau M, Glastad K, Anstead CA, Ayoub NA, Batterham P, Bellair M, Binford GJ, Chao H, Chen YH, Childers C, Dinh H, Doddapaneni HV, Duan JJ, Dugan S, Esposito LA, Friedrich M, Garb J, Gasser RB, Goodisman MAD, Gundersen-Rindal DE, Han Y, Handler AM, Hatakeyama M, Hering L, Hunter WB, Ioannidis P, Jayaseelan JC, Kalra D, Khila A, Korhonen PK, Lee CE, Lee SL, Li Y, Lindsey ARI, Mayer G, McGregor AP, McKenna DD, Misof B, Munidasa M, Munoz-Torres M, Muzny DM, Niehuis O, Osuji-Lacy N, Palli SR, Panfilio KA, Pechmann M, Perry T, Peters RS, Poynton HC, Prpic NM, Qu J, Rotenberg D, Schal C, Schoville SD, Scully ED, Skinner E, Sloan DB, Stouthamer R, Strand MR, Szucsich NU, Wijeratne A, Young ND, Zattara EE, Benoit JB, Zdobnov EM, Pfrender ME, Hackett KJ, Werren JH, Worley KC, Gibbs RA, Chipman AD, Waterhouse RM, Bornberg-Bauer E, Hahn MW, Richards S. Gene content evolution in the arthropods. . Genome biology. 2020 01 23; 21(1):15.
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Assembly Stats
| Contig N50 |
2223
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| GC Content |
29.24
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| Scaffold N50 |
13889
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Other Information
| Community Contact |
Nadia Ayoub, Washington and Lee University
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| Links |
Analyses
| Name | Program |
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| Annotation v0.5.3 of the Latrodectus hesperus assembly using MAKER (Baylor College of Medicine) | MAKER |
| Whole genome assembly of Latrodectus hesperus | Baylor College of Medicine genome assembly pipeline |
| Functional annotation of Annotation v0.5.3 of the Latrodectus hesperus assembly using MAKER | AgBase functional annotation pipeline |
The three related widow species will facilitate gene annotation, regulatory sequence identification, and ortho/paralogy detection. This is a model organism for mating behavior, development, silk genetics, and venom research.
Genomic resources already available including a fosmid genomic library, 1009 traditional ESTs, and established methods for FISH. Extensive expression data will be available from high-throughput sequencing of RNA from tissues wuch as individual silk and venom glands, cephalothorax, and ovaries. Tissue is stored at -80.
Data were generated by the Baylor College of Medicine's i5k pilot project.
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