Genome data from the Florida carpenter ant (Camponotus floridanus).

Here we present the sequenced genome of the Florida carpenter ant (Camponotus floridanus), a species with an organized caste society. As an eusocial species, its genome offers interesting insights into aging, epigenetics and animal behavior. The Illumina Genome Analyzer platform was used to sequence a genomic library of the Florida carpenter ant, obtaining more than 100-fold coverage. The draft genomic assembly reached a scaffold N50 size of ~600 Kb and covers more than 90% of the approximately 240 Mb genome.

Read the peer-reviewed publication(s):

• Bonasio, R., Zhang, G., Ye, C., Mutti, N. S., Fang, X., Qin, N., Donahue, G., Yang, P., Li, Q., Li, C., Zhang, P., Huang, Z., Berger, S. L., Reinberg, D., Wang, J., & Liebig, J. (2010). Genomic Comparison of the Ants Camponotus floridanus and Harpegnathos saltator. Science, 329(5995), 1068–1071. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1192428 (PubMed:20798317)

Accessions (data included in GigaDB):

GENBANK: AEAB00000000
BioProject: PRJNA50201

Accessions (data not in GigaDB):

SRA: SRP002786
GEO: GSE22680