Genome assembly and methylome analysis of the white wax scale insect provides insight into sexual differentiation of metamorphosis in hexapod
Hang Chen1*, Qin Lu1, Xiaoming Chen1,2*, Xiaofei Ling1, Pengfei Liu1, Ni Liu1, Weiwei Wang1, Jinwen Zhang1, Qian Qi 1, Weifeng Ding1, Xin Zhang1, Ying Feng1, Yurong Zhang3, Ming-Shun Chen4, Kirst King-Jones5*
1 Research Institute of Resource Insects, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Kunming, 650224, China.
2 The Key Laboratory of Cultivating and Utilization of Resources Insects, State Forestry Administration, Kunming, 650224, China.
3 Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha, 410001, China
4 Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
5 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada.
* Correspondence: stuchen6481@gmail.com, Cafcxm@139.com orkingjone@ualberta.ca
running title: Genome and methylome of the white wax insects