Genome sequence and silkomics of the spindle ermine moth, Yponomeuta cagnagella, representing the early diverging lineage of the ditrysian Lepidoptera

Affiliations

Anna Volenikova: Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology
Petr Nguyen: Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology
Peter Davey: School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University
Hana Sehadova: Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology
Barbara Kludkiewicz: Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology
Petr Koutecky: Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia
James R. Walters: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas
Peter Roessingh: Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam
Irena Provaznikova: Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology
Michal Sery: Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology
Martina Zurovcova: Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology
Miluse Hradilova: Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Lenka Rouhova: Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology
Michal Zurovec: Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology

Abstract

The major genes involved in silk production in the spindle ermine moth are sequenced and annotated.