Wellcome Open ResearchPub Date : 2026-08-28eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27516.1
Mike Ambler, Anthony Pickering, Steven Swoap
{"title":"Hot take on a cool topic: is there really a need for a systemic master mediator of metabolic suppression in mouse daily torpor?","authors":"Mike Ambler, Anthony Pickering, Steven Swoap","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27516.1","DOIUrl":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27516.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We argue in this perspective that daily torpor in the mouse, induced by a lack of caloric intake and a relatively cool environment, does not require a dedicated \"master mediator\" for systemic metabolic rate (MR) suppression. Instead, a set of centrally mediated changes, most notably: cessation of physical activity; dramatically reduced thermogenesis, along with a lowering of the defended minimum body temperature (Tb); and, reduced cardiovascular work, together drive the substantial drop in metabolic rate at the initiation of daily torpor in the mouse. That is, rather than invoking a global, organism-wide suppression of metabolism across all tissues, we argue that MR reduction during mouse daily torpor is selective and physiologically organized, targeting a small number of energetically dominant organ systems. Once Tb has declined in response to the initial physiological adaptations, temperature-dependent effects on biochemical reaction rates can account for much of the further reduction in whole-animal MR during the torpid state, resulting in an ultimate fall in MR of 75-80% in daily torpor of the mouse. This framework also aligns torpor with the normal ultradian rhythm of sleep-associated reductions in MR and Tb, differing mainly in the much deeper nadir reached.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"561"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13615353/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149070054","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 : 2026-08-27eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27174.1
David J Combosch, Andrew H Baird, David R Burdick, Hector Torrado, Dareon Rios, Sebastian Metz, Michael Sweet, Graeme Oatley, Elizabeth Sinclair, Eerik Aunin, Noah Gettle, Camilla Santos, Michael Paulini, Haoyu Niu, Victoria McKenna, Rebecca O'Brien
{"title":"The chromosomal genome sequence of a staghorn coral, <i>Acropora</i> cf. <i>manni</i> (Scleractinia: Acroporidae).","authors":"David J Combosch, Andrew H Baird, David R Burdick, Hector Torrado, Dareon Rios, Sebastian Metz, Michael Sweet, Graeme Oatley, Elizabeth Sinclair, Eerik Aunin, Noah Gettle, Camilla Santos, Michael Paulini, Haoyu Niu, Victoria McKenna, Rebecca O'Brien","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27174.1","DOIUrl":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27174.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly from a colony sample of <i>Acropora cf. manni</i> (staghorn coral; Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Scleractinia; Acroporidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 459.26 megabases and 489.30 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (94.39%) is scaffolded into 14 chromosomal pseudomolecules. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 18.48 kilobases. Metagenome binning recovered one bacterial bin from the phylum Chlamydiota.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"551"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13570116/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148963822","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 : 2026-08-27eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27394.1
John Bishop
{"title":"The genome sequence of the Orange Ripple Bryozoan, <i>Schizoporella japonica</i> Ortmann, 1890 (Cheilostomatida: Schizoporellidae).","authors":"John Bishop","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27394.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27394.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly from a specimen of <i>Schizoporella japonica</i> (Orange Ripple Bryozoan; Bryozoa; Gymnolaemata; Cheilostomatida; Schizoporellidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 255.53 megabases. Most of the assembly (99.03%) is scaffolded into 19 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 18.45 kilobases. This assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"556"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13646541/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149164402","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 : 2026-08-27eCollection Date: 2023-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19508.2
Douglas Boyes, Clare Boyes
{"title":"The genome sequence of the Tufted Button, <i>Acleris cristana</i> (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775).","authors":"Douglas Boyes, Clare Boyes","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19508.2","DOIUrl":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19508.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly from an individual female <i>Acleris cristana</i> (the Tufted Button; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Tortricidae). The genome sequence is 562.6 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 31 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the W and Z sex chromosomes. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 16.1 kilobases in length. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 12,598 protein coding genes.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"8 ","pages":"236"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13562962/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148956688","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 : 2026-08-27eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27407.1
Lucas Leclère, Manon Boosten, Michael N Dawson, Graeme Oatley, Elizabeth Sinclair, Eerik Aunin, Noah Gettle, Camilla Santos, Michael Paulini, Haoyu Niu, Victoria McKenna, Rebecca O'Brien
{"title":"The chromosomal genome sequence of the mauve stinger jellyfish, <i>Pelagia noctiluca</i> (Forsskål, 1775) (Semaeostomeae: Pelagiidae).","authors":"Lucas Leclère, Manon Boosten, Michael N Dawson, Graeme Oatley, Elizabeth Sinclair, Eerik Aunin, Noah Gettle, Camilla Santos, Michael Paulini, Haoyu Niu, Victoria McKenna, Rebecca O'Brien","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27407.1","DOIUrl":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27407.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly from a specimen of <i>Pelagia noctiluca</i> (Mauve Stinger; Cnidaria; Scyphozoa; Semaeostomeae; Pelagiidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 357.08 megabases. Most of the assembly (94.91%) is scaffolded into 21 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 16.7 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly by Ensembl identified 19 573 protein-coding genes.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"552"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13615355/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149070030","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 : 2026-08-27eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27391.1
Steven Falk, Liam M Crowley
{"title":"The genome sequence of a muscid fly, <i>Hydrotaea militaris</i> (Meigen, 1826) (Diptera: Muscidae).","authors":"Steven Falk, Liam M Crowley","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27391.1","DOIUrl":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27391.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly from an individual female <i>Hydrotaea militaris</i> (Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Muscidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 1 703.03 megabases and 1 760.39 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (96.2%) is scaffolded into 6 chromosomal pseudomolecules. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 18.83 kilobases. This assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"549"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13562971/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148956556","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 : 2026-08-27eCollection Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27493.1
James Hammond
{"title":"The genome sequence of the Kentish Glory, <i>Endromis versicolora</i> (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Endromidae).","authors":"James Hammond","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27493.1","DOIUrl":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27493.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>We present a genome assembly from an individual male <i>Endromis versicolora</i> (Kentish Glory; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Endromidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 391.90 megabases and 391.44 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (99.84%) is scaffolded into 26 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the Z sex chromosome. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 15.6 kilobases. This assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland.</p><p><strong>Species taxonomy: </strong>Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Metazoa; Eumetazoa; Bilateria; Protostomia; Ecdysozoa; Panarthropoda; Arthropoda; Mandibulata; Pancrustacea; Altocrustacea; Allotriocarida; Hexapoda; Insecta; Dicondylia; Pterygota; Neoptera; Eumetabola; Endopterygota; Aparaglossata; Panorpida; Amphiesmenoptera; Lepidoptera; Glossata; Neolepidoptera; Heteroneura; Ditrysia; Obtectomera; Bombycoidea; Endromidae; <i>Endromis</i>; <i>Endromis versicolora</i> (Linnaeus, 1758) (NCBI:txid119269).</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"559"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13616053/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149076001","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 : 2026-08-25eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24648.2
Kay Lucek, Daniel Linke, Charlotte J Wright, Joana I Meier, Mark L Blaxter
{"title":"The genome sequence of the Red-underwing Skipper, <i>Spialia sertorius</i> (Hoffmannsegg, 1804) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae).","authors":"Kay Lucek, Daniel Linke, Charlotte J Wright, Joana I Meier, Mark L Blaxter","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24648.2","DOIUrl":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24648.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of <i>Spialia sertorius</i> (Red-underwing Skipper; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Hesperiidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 364.57 megabases and 323.91 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (99.92%) is 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 15.34 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 12,823 protein-coding genes.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"10 ","pages":"390"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12552837/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145378901","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 : 2026-08-25eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24642.2
Yannick Chittaro, Andreas Sanchez, Kay Lucek, Charlotte J Wright, Joana I Meier, Mark L Blaxter
{"title":"The genome sequence of the Shepherd's Fritillary, <i>Boloria pales</i> (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).","authors":"Yannick Chittaro, Andreas Sanchez, Kay Lucek, Charlotte J Wright, Joana I Meier, Mark L Blaxter","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24642.2","DOIUrl":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24642.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of <i>Boloria pales</i> (Shepherd's Fritillary; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 382.99 megabases and 364.88 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (99.96%) is scaffolded into 30 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the Z sex chromosome. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 15.17 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 12,117 protein-coding genes.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"10 ","pages":"442"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13562991/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148956663","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 : 2026-08-25eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24653.2
Yannick Chittaro, Kay Lucek, Charlotte J Wright, Joana I Meier, Mark L Blaxter
{"title":"The genome sequence of the Southern Grizzled Skipper, <i>Pyrgus malvoides</i> (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae).","authors":"Yannick Chittaro, Kay Lucek, Charlotte J Wright, Joana I Meier, Mark L Blaxter","doi":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24653.2","DOIUrl":"10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24653.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a genome assembly from a male specimen of <i>Pyrgus malvoides</i> (Southern Grizzled Skipper; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Hesperiidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 746.71 megabases and 747.11 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (99.8%) is scaffolded into 31 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the Z sex chromosome. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 15.41 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 14,715 protein-coding genes.</p>","PeriodicalId":23677,"journal":{"name":"Wellcome Open Research","volume":"10 ","pages":"404"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12780514/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145953071","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}