Wellcome Open ResearchPub Date : 2026-09-17eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27834.1
Maria S Vorontsova, Maarten J M Christenhusz, Ilia J Leitch, Michael F Fay
{"title":"The genome sequence of Bird's-foot, <i>Ornithopus perpusillus</i> L. (Fabales: Fabaceae).","authors":"Maria S Vorontsova, Maarten J M Christenhusz, Ilia J Leitch, Michael F Fay","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27834.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27834.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly of <i>Ornithopus perpusillus</i> (Bird's-foot; Streptophyta; Magnoliopsida; Fabales; Fabaceae). The assembly consists of two haplotypes with total lengths of 528.92 megabases and 473.72 megabases. The haplotype 1 assembly and the haplotype 2 assembly each contain 7 chromosomal pseudomolecules; these account for 99.73% and 98.58% of their respective sequences. The mitochondrial genome assembly has a length of 336.14 kilobases and the plastid genome assembly has a length of 151.07 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":"691"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13620360/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149115416","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 : 2026-09-17eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27832.1
Markus Ruhsam
{"title":"The genome sequence of flixweed, <i>Descurainia sophia</i> (L.) Webb ex Prantl (Brassicales: Brassicaceae).","authors":"Markus Ruhsam","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27832.1","DOIUrl":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27832.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly of <i>Descurainia sophia</i> (Flixweed; Streptophyta; Magnoliopsida; Brassicales; Brassicaceae). The assembly consists of two haplotypes with total lengths of 262.07 megabases and 262.55 megabases. Most of the haplotype 1 assembly (99.49%) was scaffolded into 14 chromosomal pseudomolecules. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome assembly has a length of 265.49 kilobases and the plastid genome assembly has a length of 153.91 kilobases. Gene annotation of the haplotype 1 assembly by Ensembl identified 44,124 protein-coding genes. 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":"689"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13662381/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149196837","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 : 2026-09-17eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27839.1
Maarten J M Christenhusz, Paul J Kersey, José Ignacio Márquez-Corro, Ilia J Leitch, Ozan Şentürk, Gregory J Kenicer
{"title":"The genome sequence of Slender Tare, <i>Vicia parviflora</i> Cav. (Fabales: Fabaceae).","authors":"Maarten J M Christenhusz, Paul J Kersey, José Ignacio Márquez-Corro, Ilia J Leitch, Ozan Şentürk, Gregory J Kenicer","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27839.1","DOIUrl":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27839.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly of <i>Vicia parviflora</i> (Slender Tare; Streptophyta; Magnoliopsida; Fabales; Fabaceae). The primary assembly has a total length of 2,826.49 megabases. Most of the primary assembly (99.62%) is scaffolded into 7 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial sequences have lengths of 341.49 and 64.57 kilobases and the plastid genome assembly has a length of 122.23 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":"696"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13658993/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149184817","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 : 2026-09-14eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27800.1
Oreina Papillons de France, Arun Arumugaperumal, Charlotte J Wright, Joana I Meier, Mark L Blaxter
{"title":"The genome sequence of the Pine Cone moth, <i>Dioryctria mendacella</i> (Staudinger, 1859) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).","authors":"Oreina Papillons de France, Arun Arumugaperumal, Charlotte J Wright, Joana I Meier, Mark L Blaxter","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27800.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27800.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of <i>Dioryctria mendacella</i> (Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Pyralidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 801.36 megabases and 732.65 megabases. Most of the haplotype 1 assembly (99.75%) was scaffolded into 32 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 15.39 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly by Ensembl identified 15,868 protein-coding genes. This work is part of Project Psyche, a collaborative programme generating genomes for European butterflies and moths.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"646"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13631444/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149115422","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 : 2026-09-14eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27795.1
Marko Mutanen, Mikko Vallinmäki, Peter Huemer, Charlotte J Wright, Joana I Meier, Mark L Blaxter
{"title":"The genome sequence of a gelechiid moth, <i>Chionodes viduella</i> (Fabricius, 1794) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae).","authors":"Marko Mutanen, Mikko Vallinmäki, Peter Huemer, Charlotte J Wright, Joana I Meier, Mark L Blaxter","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27795.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27795.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly from a male specimen of <i>Chionodes viduella</i> (gelechiid moth; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Gelechiidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 583.75 megabases and 582.01 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (99.83%) and haplotype 2 (99.55%) are each scaffolded into 29 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the Z sex chromosome. Hi-C data were used to phase the assembly, and both haplotypes were assembled to chromosome level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 15.46 kilobases. This work is part of Project Psyche, a collaborative programme generating genomes for European butterflies and moths.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"641"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13650329/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149167319","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 : 2026-09-14eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27807.1
Marko Mutanen, Niina Kiljunen, Peter Huemer, Charlotte J Wright, Joana I Meier, Mark L Blaxter
{"title":"The genome sequence of a gelechiid moth, <i>Gnorimoschema epithymella</i> (Staudinger, 1859) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae).","authors":"Marko Mutanen, Niina Kiljunen, Peter Huemer, Charlotte J Wright, Joana I Meier, Mark L Blaxter","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27807.1","DOIUrl":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27807.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of <i>Gnorimoschema epithymella</i> (Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Gelechiidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 660.36 megabases and 557.93 megabases. Most of the haplotype 1 assembly (99.45%) was 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 15.23 kilobases. This work is part of Project Psyche, a collaborative programme generating genomes for European butterflies and moths.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"653"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13675626/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149220833","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 : 2026-09-14eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27820.1
Mathieu Joron, Marianne Elias, Daniel Linke, Charlotte J Wright, Joana I Meier, Mark L Blaxter
{"title":"The genome sequence of the Corsican Dappled White, <i>Euchloe insularis</i> (Staudinger, 1861) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae).","authors":"Mathieu Joron, Marianne Elias, Daniel Linke, Charlotte J Wright, Joana I Meier, Mark L Blaxter","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27820.1","DOIUrl":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27820.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of <i>Euchloe insularis</i> (Corsican Dappled White; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Pieridae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 372.27 megabases and 351.06 megabases. Most of the haplotype 1 assembly (99.86%) was scaffolded into 32 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 15.27 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly by Ensembl identified 12,321 protein-coding genes. This work is part of Project Psyche, a collaborative programme generating genomes for European butterflies and moths.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"665"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13658996/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149184797","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 : 2026-09-14eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27791.1
Marko Mutanen, Niina Kiljunen, Mikko Vallinmäki, Peter Huemer, Charlotte J Wright, Joana I Meier, Mark L Blaxter
{"title":"The genome sequence of a leaf-roller moth, <i>Argyroploce noricana</i> (Herrich-Schaffer, 1851) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).","authors":"Marko Mutanen, Niina Kiljunen, Mikko Vallinmäki, Peter Huemer, Charlotte J Wright, Joana I Meier, Mark L Blaxter","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27791.1","DOIUrl":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27791.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly from a male specimen of <i>Argyroploce noricana</i> (leaf-roller moth; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Tortricidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 799.31 megabases and 800.07 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (99.7%) and haplotype 2 (99.8%) are scaffolded into 26 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the Z sex chromosome. Hi-C data were used to phase the assembly, and both haplotypes were assembled to chromosome level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 16.57 kilobases. This work is part of Project Psyche, a collaborative programme generating genomes for European butterflies and moths.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"637"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13654068/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149168504","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 : 2026-09-14eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27808.1
Oreina Papillons de France, Antonio S Ortiz, Charlotte J Wright, Joana I Meier, Mark L Blaxter
{"title":"The genome sequence of the Shaded Fan-foot, <i>Herminia tarsicrinalis</i> (Knoch, 1782) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae).","authors":"Oreina Papillons de France, Antonio S Ortiz, Charlotte J Wright, Joana I Meier, Mark L Blaxter","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27808.1","DOIUrl":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27808.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of <i>Herminia tarsicrinalis</i> (Shaded Fan-foot; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Erebidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 801.83 megabases and 720.01 megabases. Most of the haplotype 1 assembly (99.02%) was scaffolded into 32 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 16.98 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly by Ensembl identified 12,268 protein-coding genes. This work is part of Project Psyche, a collaborative programme generating genomes for European butterflies and moths.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"654"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13643135/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149138401","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 : 2026-09-14eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27801.1
Oreina Papillons de France, Eric Toro-Delgado, Charlotte J Wright, Joana I Meier, Mark L Blaxter
{"title":"The genome sequence of the Dusky Hook-tip, <i>Drepana curvatula</i> (Borkhausen, 1790) (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae).","authors":"Oreina Papillons de France, Eric Toro-Delgado, Charlotte J Wright, Joana I Meier, Mark L Blaxter","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27801.1","DOIUrl":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27801.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of <i>Drepana curvatula</i> (Dusky Hook-tip; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Drepanidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 325.78 megabases and 300.89 megabases. Most of the haplotype 1 assembly (99.96%) was scaffolded into 32 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 15.3 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly by Ensembl identified 13,489 protein-coding genes. This work is part of Project Psyche, a collaborative programme generating genomes for European butterflies and moths.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"647"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13653106/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149172042","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}