i5K: Lucerne flea

Lucerne flea (Sminthurus viridis)

Lucerne flea Image source: Owain Edwards Links BCM-HGSC data

Contact: Owain Edwards

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Size (or size of nearest relative): 230 - 450 MBp

Keywords (and why important): Evolutionary branching

Representative of Symphypleona, Collembola. Phylogenetic importance to resolve the phylogeny of apterygote hexapods, pest species. Suitable genetic material for genome size estimates and genome sequencing are available (-80°C) at the ZFMK, Bonn. ESTs will be sequenced in the 1KITE project.