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📢🪳 New paper alert!
Former group members Alina and Mark contributed to a new study just published in Nature Communications. The team generated 47 new high-quality genomes from termites and cockroaches, filling a major gap in available data.
Check out the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Unravelling the evolution of wood-feeding in termites with 47 high-resolution genome assemblies - Nature Communications
Termites, the largest lineage of non-hymenopteran social insects, are important decomposers of plant organic matter in the tropics. Here, the authors sequence the genomes of 45 termites and two cockro...
www.nature.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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🦋 i5k Annual Meeting: February 4th, 2026! Anyone with an interest in arthropod #genomics is encouraged to join this open meeting. More details here: i5k.github.io/2025_annual_...

#i5k #arthropods #genomics #insects #biodiversity
2025 i5k Annual Meeting Announcement
Website for the i5k 5,000 insect genome initiative.
i5k.github.io
December 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM