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Student 10-Minute Paper

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Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity

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On-Demand Student Competition 10-Minute Papers

Genome sequencing, assembly, and annotation of Cryptocercus punctulatus, a subsocial wood roach and a sister to the termites

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    Presenting Author(s)

  • QL

    Quanquan Liu (he/him/his)

    PhD candidate
    University of Kentucky
    Lexington, Kentucky

    • Co-Author(s)

  • Xuguo Zhou

    Professor
    University of Kentucky
    Lexington, Kentucky

  • ZS

    Zhan Shuai

    Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Shanghai, Shanghai, China (People's Republic)

The evolution of eusociality is thought to proceed through an increment of social complexity. This also holds true for termites, which are believed to have evolved from an intermediate subsocial state. Woodroaches, the subsocial sisters to termites, therefore provide the missing link to trace their path from solitary life to eusociality. Despite such importance, genomic and molecular resources in these living fossils are grossly lacking. Here, we provide the genome assembly and gene predictions of the most widely studied woodroach species, Cryptocercus punctulatus. We also manually annotated over 2000 genes across 17 gene categories that are commonly reported to characterize behavior, development, physiology, ecology, and evolution of the Blattodea lineage.