The genome sequence of the yellow mealworm beetle, Linnaeus, 1758.

We present a genome assembly from a male yellow mealworm larva (Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Tenebrionidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 277.00 megabases.

Digest: Islands promote population differentiation in dispersive swallows.

How can highly dispersive species give rise to genetically distinct populations? This seemingly paradoxical pattern is common among insular birds, but not in those with continental distributions. Broyles and Myers sequence the genomes of almost 150 individuals from the island-dwelling Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica) and its continental counterpart, the welcome swallow (H. neoxena).