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These up-to-date resources of the genome provide a foundation to improve understanding of the adaptation potential and the epidemiological relevance of this species and foster the development of innovative control measures. One Sentence Summary Long-read and Hi-C-based de novo assembly of the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus genome fosters deeper understanding of its biological features.","journal":"bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)","year":2020,"id":119399,"datarank":0.47742277045622383,"base_score":3.044522437723423,"endowment":3.044522437723423,"self_citation_contribution":0.4566783656585135,"citation_network_contribution":0.02074440479771034,"self_endowment_contribution":0.4566783656585135,"citer_contribution":0.02074440479771034,"corpus_percentile":60.06807457259998,"corpus_rank":5163,"citation_count":20,"citer_count":2,"citers_with_citation_signal":2,"citers_with_endowment":2,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":true,"is_dataset_confidence":0.8795,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2020-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":265011,"name":"Reem A. 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