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Reconstructing a comprehensive transcriptome assembly of a white-pupal translocated strain of the pest fruit fly Bactrocera cucurbitae

Overview of attention for article published in Giga Science, March 2015
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Title
Reconstructing a comprehensive transcriptome assembly of a white-pupal translocated strain of the pest fruit fly Bactrocera cucurbitae
Published in
Giga Science, March 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13742-015-0053-x
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Authors

Sheina B Sim, Bernarda Calla, Brian Hall, Theodore DeRego, Scott M Geib

Abstract

Bactrocera cucurbitae is a serious global agricultural pest. Basic genomic information is lacking for this species, and this would be useful to inform methods of control, damage mitigation, and eradication efforts. Here, we have sequenced, assembled, and annotated a comprehensive transcriptome for a mass-rearing sexing strain of this species. This forms a foundational genomic and transcriptomic resource that can be used to better understand the physiology and biochemistry of this insect as well as being a useful tool for population genetics. A transcriptome assembly was constructed containing 17,654 transcript isoforms derived from 10,425 unigenes. This transcriptome size is similar to reports from other Tephritid species and probably includes about 70-80% of the protein-coding genes in the genome. The dataset is publicly available in NCBI and GigaDB as a resource for researchers. Foundational knowledge on the protein-coding genes in B. cucurbitae will lead to improved resources for this species. Through comparison with a model system such as Drosophila as well as a growing number of related Tephritid transcriptomes, improved strategies can be developed to control this pest.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Hong Kong 1 4%
Unknown 23 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 25%
Researcher 4 17%
Student > Master 3 13%
Student > Bachelor 3 13%
Other 2 8%
Other 3 13%
Unknown 3 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 46%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 25%
Arts and Humanities 1 4%
Computer Science 1 4%
Physics and Astronomy 1 4%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 4 17%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 April 2015.
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#8,572,103
of 25,461,852 outputs
Outputs from Giga Science
#1,038
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#97,439
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Outputs of similar age from Giga Science
#18
of 18 outputs
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