A chromosome-level genome assembly of Meteorus pulchricornis Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Abstract Meteorus pulchricornis Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is an important parasitoid of lepidopteran insects. So far, only three scaffold-level genomes have been published for the genus Meteorus. In this study, we present a high-quality, chromosome-level genome assembly of M. pulchricornis,...
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| author | Shiji Tian Ruizhong Yuan Xingzhou Ma XiaoHan Shu Yu Fang Zhaohe Lu Qiuyu Qu Yu Jin Jiabao Gong Yanlin Peng Ziqi Wang Xiqian Ye Xuexin Chen Pu Tang |
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| description | Abstract Meteorus pulchricornis Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is an important parasitoid of lepidopteran insects. So far, only three scaffold-level genomes have been published for the genus Meteorus. In this study, we present a high-quality, chromosome-level genome assembly of M. pulchricornis, characterized by high accuracy and contiguity. This assembly was achieved using Oxford Nanopore Technologies long-read, MGI-SEQ short-read, and Hi-C sequencing methods. The final assembly was 158.5 Mb in genome size, with 153.8 Mb (97.03%) assigned to ten pseudochromosomes. The scaffold N50 length reached 17.51 Mb, and the complete Benchmarking Universal Single-Copy Orthologs (BUSCO) score was 99.3%. The genome contains 28.29 Mb of repetitive elements, accounting for 18.39% of the total genome size. We identified 12,342 protein-coding genes, of which 12,308 genes were annotated functionally. Our investigation into gene family evolution in M. pulchricornis showed that 563 gene families expanded, 1,739 contracted, and 58 underwent rapid evolution. The high-quality genome assembly we report here is advantageous for further research on parasitoid wasps and provides a foundational data resource for natural enemy studies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a28c65e4cf6044f3aa5af324ebb1fc932025-01-26T12:14:59ZengNature PortfolioScientific Data2052-44632025-01-011211810.1038/s41597-025-04475-1A chromosome-level genome assembly of Meteorus pulchricornis Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)Shiji Tian0Ruizhong Yuan1Xingzhou Ma2XiaoHan Shu3Yu Fang4Zhaohe Lu5Qiuyu Qu6Yu Jin7Jiabao Gong8Yanlin Peng9Ziqi Wang10Xiqian Ye11Xuexin Chen12Pu Tang13State Key Lab of Rice Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang UniversityState Key Lab of Rice Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang UniversityState Key Lab of Rice Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang UniversityState Key Lab of Rice Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang UniversityState Key Lab of Rice Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang UniversityState Key Lab of Rice Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang UniversityState Key Lab of Rice Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang UniversityState Key Lab of Rice Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang UniversityState Key Lab of Rice Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang UniversityState Key Lab of Rice Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang UniversityState Key Lab of Rice Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang UniversityState Key Lab of Rice Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang UniversityState Key Lab of Rice Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang UniversityState Key Lab of Rice Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang UniversityAbstract Meteorus pulchricornis Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is an important parasitoid of lepidopteran insects. So far, only three scaffold-level genomes have been published for the genus Meteorus. In this study, we present a high-quality, chromosome-level genome assembly of M. pulchricornis, characterized by high accuracy and contiguity. This assembly was achieved using Oxford Nanopore Technologies long-read, MGI-SEQ short-read, and Hi-C sequencing methods. The final assembly was 158.5 Mb in genome size, with 153.8 Mb (97.03%) assigned to ten pseudochromosomes. The scaffold N50 length reached 17.51 Mb, and the complete Benchmarking Universal Single-Copy Orthologs (BUSCO) score was 99.3%. The genome contains 28.29 Mb of repetitive elements, accounting for 18.39% of the total genome size. We identified 12,342 protein-coding genes, of which 12,308 genes were annotated functionally. Our investigation into gene family evolution in M. pulchricornis showed that 563 gene families expanded, 1,739 contracted, and 58 underwent rapid evolution. The high-quality genome assembly we report here is advantageous for further research on parasitoid wasps and provides a foundational data resource for natural enemy studies.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04475-1 |
| spellingShingle | Shiji Tian Ruizhong Yuan Xingzhou Ma XiaoHan Shu Yu Fang Zhaohe Lu Qiuyu Qu Yu Jin Jiabao Gong Yanlin Peng Ziqi Wang Xiqian Ye Xuexin Chen Pu Tang A chromosome-level genome assembly of Meteorus pulchricornis Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Scientific Data |
| title | A chromosome-level genome assembly of Meteorus pulchricornis Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) |
| title_full | A chromosome-level genome assembly of Meteorus pulchricornis Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) |
| title_fullStr | A chromosome-level genome assembly of Meteorus pulchricornis Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | A chromosome-level genome assembly of Meteorus pulchricornis Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) |
| title_short | A chromosome-level genome assembly of Meteorus pulchricornis Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) |
| title_sort | chromosome level genome assembly of meteorus pulchricornis wesmael hymenoptera braconidae |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04475-1 |
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