Genomic Resources

1. All six Schistocerca genomes have been submitted to NCBI and annotated. These assemblies are available at NCBI:

BPRI Schistocerca genome BioProject: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/772722

Schistocerca gregaria (Desert locust): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/814718

Schistocerca piceifrons (Central American locust): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/109698

Schistocerca cancellata (South American locust): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/114655

Schistocerca americana (American bird grasshopper): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/109697

Schistocerca serialis cubense (Cuban bird grasshopper): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/115782

Schistocerca nitens (Gray bird grasshopper) : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/114651

2. The genome browsers for all six Schistocerca species are available at USDA’s i5k Workspace@NAL:

Schistocerca gregaria: https://i5k.nal.usda.gov/bio_data/1394322

Schistocerca piceifrons: https://i5k.nal.usda.gov/bio_data/1394321

Schistocerca cancellata: https://i5k.nal.usda.gov/bio_data/1394317

Schistocerca americana: https://i5k.nal.usda.gov/bio_data/1394307

Schistocerca serialis cubense: https://i5k.nal.usda.gov/bio_data/1394319

Schistocerca nitens: https://i5k.nal.usda.gov/bio_data/1394318

3. Hi-C data and contact maps for five Schistocerca species are available here, at DNA Zoo:

Schistocerca piceifrons: https://www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Schistocerca_piceifrons

Schistocerca cancellata: https://www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Schistocerca_cancellata

Schistocerca americana: https://www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Schistocerca_americana

Schistocerca serialis cubense: https://www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Schistocerca_serialis_cubense

Schistocerca nitens: https://www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Schistocerca_nitens

4. JBrowse/Apollo genome browsers for six Schistocerca species are available here:

Schistocerca gregaria: https://apollo.nal.usda.gov/apollo/Schistocerca_gregaria/jbrowse/

Schistocerca piceifrons: https://apollo.nal.usda.gov/apollo/Schistocerca_piceifrons/jbrowse/

Schistocerca cancellata: https://apollo.nal.usda.gov/apollo/Schistocerca_cancellata/jbrowse/

Schistocerca americana: https://apollo.nal.usda.gov/apollo/Schistocerca_americana/jbrowse/

Schistocerca serialis cubense: https://apollo.nal.usda.gov/apollo/Schistocerca_serialis_cubense/jbrowse/

Schistocerca nitens: https://apollo.nal.usda.gov/apollo/Schistocerca_nitens/jbrowse/

5. Other genomic resources:

i5k Workspace@NAL Organsim pages – you can find them by browsing https://i5k.nal.usda.gov/organisms

Blast: https://i5k.nal.usda.gov/webapp/blast

Data downloads, including functional annotations: https://i5k.nal.usda.gov/content/data-downloads

Apollo registration: https://i5k.nal.usda.gov/web-apollo-registration

JBrowse/Apollo – you can find them by browsing http://apollo.nal.usda.gov/apollo/jbrowse