Wellcome Open ResearchPub Date : 2026-03-19eCollection Date: 2023-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19066.2
Emma McSwan, Caleala Clifford, Craig R Macadam, Benjamin W Price
{"title":"The genome sequence of the Common Yellow Sally, <i>Isoperla grammatica</i> (Poda, 1761) (Plecoptera: Perlodidae).","authors":"Emma McSwan, Caleala Clifford, Craig R Macadam, Benjamin W Price","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19066.2","DOIUrl":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19066.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly from an individual male <i>Isoperla grammatica</i> (the Common Yellow Sally; Arthropoda; Insecta; Plecoptera; Perlodidae). The genome sequence is 874.6 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 14 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the assembled X <sub>1</sub> and X <sub>2</sub> chromosomes. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 16.2 kilobases in length. This assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces reference genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"8 ","pages":"107"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13033136/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147582504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wellcome Open ResearchPub Date : 2026-03-19eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26169.1
Vlad Dincă, Daniel Linke, Charlotte J Wright, Joana I Meier, Mark L Blaxter
{"title":"The genome sequence of the Northern Grizzled Skipper, <i>Pyrgus centaureae</i> (Rambur, 1839) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae).","authors":"Vlad Dincă, Daniel Linke, Charlotte J Wright, Joana I Meier, Mark L Blaxter","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26169.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26169.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of <i>Pyrgus centaureae</i> (Northern Grizzled Skipper; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Hesperiidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 758.98 megabases and 671.41 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (99.62%) is scaffolded into 31 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the W and Z sex chromosomes. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 15.4 kilobases.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"184"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13109703/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147782937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wellcome Open ResearchPub Date : 2026-03-19eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26036.1
Daniel R G Price, Yvonne Bartley, Margaret Oliver, Philip Steele, Marc Faber, Dave J Bartley, Alison A Morrison, Leigh Andrews, Alasdair J Nisbet, Tom N McNeilly, Neil A Mabbott, Liam J Morrison, Edwin Claerebout, Peter Geldhof, Lewis Stevens, Witold Morek, Dominic Absolon, Mark Blaxter
{"title":"The genome sequence of the nematode <i>Ostertagia ostertagi</i> (Stiles, 1892) (Rhabditida, Trichostrongylidae).","authors":"Daniel R G Price, Yvonne Bartley, Margaret Oliver, Philip Steele, Marc Faber, Dave J Bartley, Alison A Morrison, Leigh Andrews, Alasdair J Nisbet, Tom N McNeilly, Neil A Mabbott, Liam J Morrison, Edwin Claerebout, Peter Geldhof, Lewis Stevens, Witold Morek, Dominic Absolon, Mark Blaxter","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26036.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26036.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly from an individual nematode <i>Ostertagia ostertagi</i> (Rhabditida, Trichostrongylidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 407.17 megabases. Most of the assembly sequence (99.3%) was assigned to 6 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X sex chromosome. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 14.49 kilobases.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"187"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13139848/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147843495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wellcome Open ResearchPub Date : 2026-03-18eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26127.1
Gavin R Broad
{"title":"The genome sequence of the Common Mummy Wasp, <i>Aleiodes similis</i> (Curtis, 1834) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).","authors":"Gavin R Broad","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26127.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26127.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly from an individual female <i>Aleiodes similis</i> (Common Mummy Wasp; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Braconidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 280.83 megabases and 284.39 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (99.93%) is scaffolded into 15 chromosomal pseudomolecules. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 32.71 kilobases. This assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces reference genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"169"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13049424/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147623875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wellcome Open ResearchPub Date : 2026-03-18eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26114.1
Nicholas J Davison
{"title":"The genome sequence of the Basking Shark, <i>Cetorhinus maximus</i> (Gunnerus, 1765) (Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae).","authors":"Nicholas J Davison","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26114.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26114.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly from an individual female <i>Cetorhinus maximus</i> (Basking Shark; Chordata; Chondrichthyes; Lamniformes; Cetorhinidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 3 993.85 megabases and 3 817.33 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (88.16%) is scaffolded into 39 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X sex chromosome. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 16.67 kilobases. This assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces reference genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"166"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13044535/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147623879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wellcome Open ResearchPub Date : 2026-03-18eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26130.1
Liam M Crowley, Steven Falk, Jeyaraney Kathirithamby
{"title":"The genome sequence of the chocolate mining bee, <i>Andrena scotica</i> Perkins, 1916 (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae).","authors":"Liam M Crowley, Steven Falk, Jeyaraney Kathirithamby","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26130.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26130.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a haploid genome assembly from an individual male <i>Andrena scotica</i> (chocolate mining bee; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Andrenidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 446.96 megabases. Most of the assembly (80.96%) is scaffolded into 5 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 19.68 kilobases. This assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces reference genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"170"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13058575/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147646879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wellcome Open ResearchPub Date : 2026-03-18eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26158.1
Liam M Crowley, Katie J Woodcock
{"title":"The genome sequence of a hoverfly , <i>Melangyna compositarum</i> (Verrall, 1873) (Diptera: Syrphidae).","authors":"Liam M Crowley, Katie J Woodcock","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26158.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26158.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly from an individual male <i>Melangyna compositarum</i> (hoverfly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Syrphidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 999.96 megabases and 858.82 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (91.7%) is scaffolded into 5 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X sex chromosome. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 16.87 kilobases. This assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces reference genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"179"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13069379/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147677248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wellcome Open ResearchPub Date : 2026-03-18eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26115.1
Jaakko Pohjoismäki, Mark L Blaxter
{"title":"The genome sequence of a window fly, <i>Scenopinus jerei</i> Pohjoismäki & Haarto, 2021 (Diptera: Scenopinidae).","authors":"Jaakko Pohjoismäki, Mark L Blaxter","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26115.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26115.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly from an individual male <i>Scenopinus jerei</i> (window fly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Scenopinidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 345.25 megabases and 232.44 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (94.85%) is scaffolded into 5 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X and Y sex chromosomes. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 16.52 kilobases. This assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces reference genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"167"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13054250/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147639854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wellcome Open ResearchPub Date : 2026-03-18eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26144.1
Gavin R Broad
{"title":"The genome sequence of a parasitoid wasp, <i>Netelia inedita</i> (Kokujev, 1899) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae).","authors":"Gavin R Broad","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26144.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26144.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly from an individual female <i>Netelia inedita</i> (parasitoid wasp; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Ichneumonidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 403.61 megabases. Most of the assembly (56.53%) is scaffolded into 6 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 26.77 kilobases. This assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces reference genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"174"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13049423/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147623941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wellcome Open ResearchPub Date : 2026-03-18eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26113.1
Maarten J M Christenhusz, José Ignacio Márquez-Corro, Michael F Fay
{"title":"The genome sequence of the starved wood-sedge, <i>Carex depauperata</i> Curtis ex Woodw. (Poales: Cyperaceae).","authors":"Maarten J M Christenhusz, José Ignacio Márquez-Corro, Michael F Fay","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26113.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26113.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly of <i>Carex depauperata</i> (starved wood-sedge; Streptophyta; Magnoliopsida; Poales; Cyperaceae). The genome sequence has a total length of 702.60 megabases. Most of the assembly (99.61%) is scaffolded into 22 chromosomal pseudomolecules. Eight unique mitochondrial sequences and a plastid genome assembly with a length of 215.32 kilobases were also assembled. This assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces reference genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13069380/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147677194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}