Rebecca Whitla

ORCID: 0000-0002-4368-1569
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  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Oxford Brookes University
2022-2025

<ns3:p>We present a genome assembly from an individual male <ns3:italic>Aporia crataegi</ns3:italic> (the black-veined white; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Pieridae). The sequence is 230 megabases in span. complete scaffolded into 26 chromosomal pseudomolecules, with the Z sex chromosome assembled. Gene annotation of this on Ensembl has identified 10,860 protein coding genes.</ns3:p>

10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17709.2 preprint EN cc-by Wellcome Open Research 2025-02-21

Abstract Current rates of habitat degradation and climate change are causing unprecedented declines in global biodiversity. Studies on vertebrates highlight how conservation genomics can be effective identifying managing threatened populations, but it is unclear vertebrate‐derived metrics genomic erosion translate to invertebrates, with their markedly different population sizes life histories. The Black‐veined White butterfly ( Aporia crataegi ) was extirpated from Britain the 1920s. Here,...

10.1111/mec.17518 article EN cc-by Molecular Ecology 2024-08-27

Abstract Current rates of habitat degradation and climate change are causing unprecedented declines in global biodiversity. Studies on vertebrates highlight how conservation genomics can be an effective tool to identify manage threatened populations, but it is unclear vertebrate derived metrics genomic erosion translate invertebrate species, with their markedly different population sizes life histories. The Black-veined White butterfly ( Aporia crataegi) was extirpated from Britain the...

10.1101/2023.12.19.572305 preprint EN bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2023-12-20

<ns4:p>We present a genome assembly from an individual male <ns4:italic>Aporia crataegi </ns4:italic>(the black-veined white; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Pieridae). The sequence is 230 megabases in span. complete scaffolded into 26 chromosomal pseudomolecules, with the Z sex chromosome assembled. Gene annotation of this on Ensembl has identified 10,860 protein coding genes.</ns4:p>

10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17709.1 preprint EN cc-by Wellcome Open Research 2022-03-08
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