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