Fungus-growing ant genus Sericomyrmex and Apterostigma Raw sequence reads

The goal of this study was to sequence, de novo assemble, and characterize transcriptomes for species in the fungus-growing ant genera Sericomyrmex and Apterostigma, in order to better understand the evolution of fungus-growing behavior, and species boundaries of genus Sericomyrmex. This study provides the first genomic data for both genera sequenced. For Sericomyrmex we sequenced three different morphospecies. Additionally, trancsriptome of A. megacephala is first genomic data for the clade Paleoattini, which significantly influences the timing of infered gene loses, most importantly arginine biosynthesis pathway genes.