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Student 10-Minute Paper

Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity

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Grad Competition SysEB: Genomics

De novo assembly of a snow scorpionfly genome

Monday, November 6, 2023
8:24 AM – 8:36 AM ET
Location: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Chesapeake G-H
In-Person Student Competition

    Presenting Author(s)

  • Taylor Kane

    PhD Student
    University of Alaska Museum
    Fairbanks, Alaska

    • Co-Author(s)

  • Derek Sikes

    Curator of Insects / Professor of Entomology
    University of Alaska Museum
    Fairbanks, Alaska

  • DD

    Devin Drown

    University of Alaska
    Fairbanks, Alaska

Snow Scorpionflies, genus Boreus (Mecoptera: Boreidae), have been under-studied and under-documented despite their high degree of genetic diversity and unusual morphology and behavior. We are generating a high quality de novo whole genome assembly for a newly found Boreus sp. from Alaska using long read sequences from a Nanopore MinION. This assembly represents the first whole genome sequence for the order Mecoptera. This sequence will serve as a tool in not only better understanding the evolution and diversity of Boreus species, but also in better understanding the evolutionary history of Insecta as a whole.