After the last Summer sampling our #ants have been sent to the sequencing facility. Almost ready to upgrade the assembly to chromosome level, finalizing the #referencegenome.

Many thanks to @biogeneurope.bsky.social @sib.swiss @ergabiodiv.bsky.social for the support!

MORE AT: shorturl.at/xDJEQ

BMC Biology is currently welcoming submissions of original research to the “Genome organization and evolution” Collection, which I am supporting as a Guest Editor.

If interested check out the link: www.biomedcentral.com/collections/...

#GenomeEvolution @bmc.springernature.com