Highâquality genomes reveal significant genetic divergence and
cryptic speciation in the model organism Folsomia candida(Collembola)
Yun-Xia Luan1, Yingying Cui1,
Wan-Jun Chen2, Jian-Feng Jin3,
Ai-Min Liu4, Cheng-Wang Huang5,
Mikhail Potapov6, Yun Bu7, Shuai
Zhan5, Feng Zhang3, Sheng
Li1, 8
1 Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect
Development Biology and Applied Technology, Institute of Insect Science
and Technology, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University,
Guangzhou, China
2 BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
3 Department of Entomology, College of Plant
Protection,
Nanjing
Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
4 Department of Pomology, College of Horticulture,
South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
5 CAS Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and
Evolutionary Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant
Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China;
6 Moscow Pedagogical State University, Moscow, Russia
7 Natural History Research Center, Shanghai Natural
History Museum, Shanghai Science & Technology Museum, Shanghai, China
8 Guangmeiyuan R&D Center, Guangdong Provincial Key
Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, South
China Normal University, Meizhou, China
Correspondence
Yun-Xia Luan:
yxluan@scnu.edu.cn
Sheng Li:
lisheng@scnu.edu.cn
Feng Zhang:
fzhang@njau.edu.cn
Luan, Cui, Chen and Jin contribute equally to this work.
Running title
Comparative genomics in Folsomia candida