In addition to our genome assembly and annotation, we preformed synteny analyses to investigate chromosome evolution. Notably, the synteny alignment with M. cinxia suggested the reduction in karyotype size in T. bisselliella is due to a whole chromosomal fusion of the ancestral 30 and Z chromosomes.

My first paper is out today in GBE! A genome assembly and annotation for the webbing clothes moth. academic.oup.com/gbe/article/... A short 🧵