Chromosome-level genome assembly reveals genomic architecture of northern range expansion in the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Christopher I. Keeling1,2,*, Erin O. Campbell3, Philip D. Batista4, Victor A. Shegelski3, Stephen A. L. Trevoy3, Dezene P. W. Huber4, Jasmine K. Janes5,6, and Felix A. H. Sperling3,*
1. Laurentian Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Québec, QC, Canada
2. Département de biochimie, de microbiologie et de bio-informatique, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
3. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
4. Faculty of Environment, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada
5. Biology Department, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC, Canada
6. School of Environmental and Rural Studies, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia
Running title (45 characters max): Genome assemblies of the mountain pine beetle
ORCID iDs:
CIK, 0000-0001-7885-8558; EOC, 0000-0001-8546-0636; PDB, 0000-0002-9598-2793; VAS, 0000-0003-2438-9447; SALT, 0000-0003-1217-406X; DPWH, 0000-0002-6495-1759; JKJ, 0000-0002-4511-2087; FAHS, 0000-0001-5148-4226.
* Corresponding authors: christopher.keeling@canada.ca; felix.sperling@ualberta.ca