ERGA-BGE genome of Erebia palarica Chapman, 1905: a montane butterfly endemic to North-West Iberia

Marta Vila; Laura Torrado‐Blanco; Nils Ryrholm; David Romero-Pedreira; María Conejero; Astrid Böhne; Rita Monteiro; Thomas Marcussen; Rebekah A. Oomen; Torsten H. Struck; Laura Aguilera; Marta Ortova Gut; Francisco Câmara Ferreira; Fernando Cruz; Jèssica Gómez‐Garrido; Tyler Alioto; Chiara Bortoluzzi

doi:10.1101/2025.01.08.631636

GenomicsbioRxivJan 8, 2025

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ERGA-BGE genome of Erebia palarica Chapman, 1905: a montane butterfly endemic to North-West Iberia

Marta Vila iD, Laura Torrado‐Blanco iD, Nils Ryrholm iD, David Romero-Pedreira, María Conejero iD, Astrid Böhne iD, Rita Monteiro iD, Thomas Marcussen iD, Rebekah A. Oomen iD, Torsten H. Struck iD, Laura Aguilera iD, Marta Ortova Gut iD, Francisco Câmara Ferreira iD, Fernando Cruz iD, Jèssica Gómez‐Garrido iD, Tyler Alioto iD, Chiara Bortoluzzi iD

Abstract

The reference genome of Erebia palarica will provide valuable insights into evolutionary and conservation genomics. On one hand, the reference genome paves the way to unravel the speciation process, reproductive barriers, and putative hybridisation of E. palarica with its closely related sister species: Erebica meolans. On the other hand, the reference genome will play an important role in the genetic monitoring of this endemic species, facilitating the use of genomics to estimate population genomics parameters. The genome was assembled into 14 contiguous chromosomal pseudomolecules (Z chromosome included). This chromosome-level assembly encompasses 0.49 Gb, composed of 38 contigs and 17 scaffolds, with contig and scaffold N50 values of 34.2 Mb and 38.4 Mb, respectively.

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