Chromosome-level genome assembly, genome-wide association and developmental transcriptomics converge on lipid and energy metabolism as the regulatory core of wing polyphenism in Bolivaritettix circocephalus.

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Wing polyphenism-the developmental switch between flight-capable long-winged and flightless short-winged morphs-is a central example of phenotypic plasticity, yet its genomic and regulatory architecture remains poorly resolved outside a few acridoid models. Here we report a chromosome-level genome for the pygmy grasshopper Bolivaritettix circocephalus (Tetrigidae), spanning 1.27 Gb across seven pseudochromosomes...

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• Energy Metabolism
• Genome, Insect
• Genome-Wide Association Study
• Grasshoppers
• Lipid Metabolism