Braconidae revisited: Bracon brevicornis genome showcases the potential of linked-read sequencing in identifying a putative complementary sex determiner gene

is an ectoparasitoid of a wide range of larval-stage Lepidopterans, including several pests of important crops, such as the corn borer, . It is also one of the earliest documented cases of complementary sex determination in Hymenoptera. Here, we present the linked-read genome of , complete with an -derived annotation and protein comparisons with fellow braconids, and . We demonstrate the potential of linked-read assemblies in exploring regions of heterozygosity and search for structural and homology-derived evidence of the gene ().