Wellcome Open Research (Feb 2025)

The genome sequence of the Large Red Tailed Bumble Bee, Bombus lapidarius (Linnaeus, 1758) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

  • Matthew N. Smith,
  • Olga Sivell,
  • Duncan Sivell

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10

Abstract

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We present a genome assembly from an individual female specimen of Bombus lapidarius (Large Red Tailed Bumble Bee; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Apidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 368.50 megabases. Most of the assembly (81.04%) is scaffolded into 18 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 28.11 kilobases in length.

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