Gene pseudogenization in fertility-associated genes in cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), a species with long-term low effective population size.

We are witnessing an ongoing global biodiversity crisis, and an increasing number of mammalian populations are at risk of decline. Species that have survived severe historic bottlenecks, such as the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) exhibit symptoms of inbreeding depression including reproductive and developmental defects. Although it has long been suggested that such defects stem from an accumulation of weakly deleterious mutations, the implications of such mutations leading to pseudogenization has not been assessed.

The genome sequence of the Golden-tabbed robberfly, (Meigen, 1820).

We present a genome assembly from an individual female Golden-tabbed robberfly, (Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Asilidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 285.90 megabases.