The genome sequence of a long-legged fly, Argyra leucocephala (Meigen, 1824) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved]

We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of Argyra leucocephala (long-legged fly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Dolichopodidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 917.38 megabases. Most of the assembly (99.48%) is scaffolded into 6 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial ge...

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Main Authors: Steven Falk, Liam M. Crowley
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description We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of Argyra leucocephala (long-legged fly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Dolichopodidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 917.38 megabases. Most of the assembly (99.48%) is scaffolded into 6 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 18.95 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 22,809 protein-coding genes.
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spelling doaj-art-e1aca2b32df14b5085a486e05ed81dfb2025-08-20T04:01:03ZengWellcomeWellcome Open Research2398-502X2025-06-011010.12688/wellcomeopenres.24307.126807The genome sequence of a long-legged fly, Argyra leucocephala (Meigen, 1824) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved]Steven Falk0Liam M. Crowley1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6380-0329Independent researcher, Kenilworth, England, UKUniversity of Oxford, Oxford, England, UKWe present a genome assembly from a female specimen of Argyra leucocephala (long-legged fly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Dolichopodidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 917.38 megabases. Most of the assembly (99.48%) is scaffolded into 6 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 18.95 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 22,809 protein-coding genes.https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-309/v1Argyra leucocephala long-legged fly genome sequence chromosomal Diptera eng
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The genome sequence of a long-legged fly, Argyra leucocephala (Meigen, 1824) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved]
Wellcome Open Research
Argyra leucocephala
long-legged fly
genome sequence
chromosomal
Diptera
eng
title The genome sequence of a long-legged fly, Argyra leucocephala (Meigen, 1824) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved]
title_full The genome sequence of a long-legged fly, Argyra leucocephala (Meigen, 1824) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved]
title_fullStr The genome sequence of a long-legged fly, Argyra leucocephala (Meigen, 1824) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved]
title_full_unstemmed The genome sequence of a long-legged fly, Argyra leucocephala (Meigen, 1824) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved]
title_short The genome sequence of a long-legged fly, Argyra leucocephala (Meigen, 1824) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved]
title_sort genome sequence of a long legged fly argyra leucocephala meigen 1824 version 1 peer review 2 approved 1 not approved
topic Argyra leucocephala
long-legged fly
genome sequence
chromosomal
Diptera
eng
url https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-309/v1
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