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1. The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization.

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Sadd BM, Barribeau SM, Bloch G, de Graaf DC, Dearden P, Elsik CG, Gadau J, Grimmelikhuijzen CJ, Hasselmann M, Lozier JD, Robertson HM, Smagghe G, Stolle E, Van Vaerenbergh M, Waterhouse RM, Bornberg-Bauer E, Klasberg S, Bennett AK, Câmara F, Guigó R, Hoff K, Mariotti M, Munoz-Torres M, Murphy T, Santesmasses D, Amdam GV, Beckers M, Beye M, Biewer M, Bitondi MM, Blaxter ML, Bourke AF, Brown MJ, Buechel SD, Cameron R, Cappelle K, Carolan JC, Christiaens O, Ciborowski KL, Clarke DF, Colgan TJ, Collins DH, Cridge AG, Dalmay T, Dreier S, du Plessis L, Duncan E, Erler S, Evans J, Falcon T, Flores K, Freitas FC, Fuchikawa T, Gempe T, Hartfelder K, Hauser F, Helbing S, Humann FC, Irvine F, Jermiin LS, Johnson CE, Johnson RM, Jones AK, Kadowaki T, Kidner JH, Koch V, Köhler A, Kraus FB, Lattorff HM, Leask M, Lockett GA, Mallon EB, Antonio DS, Marxer M, Meeus I, Moritz RF, Nair A, Näpflin K, Nissen I, Niu J, Nunes FM, Oakeshott JG, Osborne A, Otte M, Pinheiro DG, Rossié N, Rueppell O, Santos CG, Schmid-Hempel R, Schmitt BD, Schulte C, Simões ZL, Soares MP, Swevers L, Winnebeck EC, Wolschin F, Yu N, Zdobnov EM, Aqrawi PK, Blankenburg KP, Coyle M, Francisco L, Hernandez AG, Holder M, Hudson ME, Jackson L, Jayaseelan J, Joshi V, Kovar C, Lee SL, Mata R, Mathew T, Newsham IF, Ngo R, Okwuonu G, Pham C, Pu LL, Saada N, Santibanez J, Simmons D, Thornton R, Venkat A, Walden KK, Wu YQ, Debyser G, Devreese B, Asher C, Blommaert J, Chipman AD, Chittka L, Fouks B, Liu J, O'Neill MP, Sumner S, Puiu D, Qu J, Salzberg SL, Scherer SE, Muzny DM, Richards S, Robinson GE, Gibbs RA, Schmid-Hempel P, and Worley KC

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Animals, Bee Venoms genetics, Bees classification, Bees physiology, Chemoreceptor Cells metabolism, Chromosome Mapping, Databases, Genetic, Evolution, Molecular, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Gene Rearrangement, Genomics, Interspersed Repetitive Sequences, Male, Open Reading Frames, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Selenoproteins genetics, Selenoproteins metabolism, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Species Specificity, Synteny, Bees genetics, Behavior, Animal, Genes, Insect, Social Behavior
Abstract

Background: The shift from solitary to social behavior is one of the major evolutionary transitions. Primitively eusocial bumblebees are uniquely placed to illuminate the evolution of highly eusocial insect societies. Bumblebees are also invaluable natural and agricultural pollinators, and there is widespread concern over recent population declines in some species. High-quality genomic data will inform key aspects of bumblebee biology, including susceptibility to implicated population viability threats., Results: We report the high quality draft genome sequences of Bombus terrestris and Bombus impatiens, two ecologically dominant bumblebees and widely utilized study species. Comparing these new genomes to those of the highly eusocial honeybee Apis mellifera and other Hymenoptera, we identify deeply conserved similarities, as well as novelties key to the biology of these organisms. Some honeybee genome features thought to underpin advanced eusociality are also present in bumblebees, indicating an earlier evolution in the bee lineage. Xenobiotic detoxification and immune genes are similarly depauperate in bumblebees and honeybees, and multiple categories of genes linked to social organization, including development and behavior, show high conservation. Key differences identified include a bias in bumblebee chemoreception towards gustation from olfaction, and striking differences in microRNAs, potentially responsible for gene regulation underlying social and other traits., Conclusions: These two bumblebee genomes provide a foundation for post-genomic research on these key pollinators and insect societies. Overall, gene repertoires suggest that the route to advanced eusociality in bees was mediated by many small changes in many genes and processes, and not by notable expansion or depauperation.

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2015
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2. The genome of the model beetle and pest Tribolium castaneum.

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Richards S, Gibbs RA, Weinstock GM, Brown SJ, Denell R, Beeman RW, Gibbs R, Beeman RW, Brown SJ, Bucher G, Friedrich M, Grimmelikhuijzen CJ, Klingler M, Lorenzen M, Richards S, Roth S, Schröder R, Tautz D, Zdobnov EM, Muzny D, Gibbs RA, Weinstock GM, Attaway T, Bell S, Buhay CJ, Chandrabose MN, Chavez D, Clerk-Blankenburg KP, Cree A, Dao M, Davis C, Chacko J, Dinh H, Dugan-Rocha S, Fowler G, Garner TT, Garnes J, Gnirke A, Hawes A, Hernandez J, Hines S, Holder M, Hume J, Jhangiani SN, Joshi V, Khan ZM, Jackson L, Kovar C, Kowis A, Lee S, Lewis LR, Margolis J, Morgan M, Nazareth LV, Nguyen N, Okwuonu G, Parker D, Richards S, Ruiz SJ, Santibanez J, Savard J, Scherer SE, Schneider B, Sodergren E, Tautz D, Vattahil S, Villasana D, White CS, Wright R, Park Y, Beeman RW, Lord J, Oppert B, Lorenzen M, Brown S, Wang L, Savard J, Tautz D, Richards S, Weinstock G, Gibbs RA, Liu Y, Worley K, Weinstock G, Elsik CG, Reese JT, Elhaik E, Landan G, Graur D, Arensburger P, Atkinson P, Beeman RW, Beidler J, Brown SJ, Demuth JP, Drury DW, Du YZ, Fujiwara H, Lorenzen M, Maselli V, Osanai M, Park Y, Robertson HM, Tu Z, Wang JJ, Wang S, Richards S, Song H, Zhang L, Sodergren E, Werner D, Stanke M, Morgenstern B, Solovyev V, Kosarev P, Brown G, Chen HC, Ermolaeva O, Hlavina W, Kapustin Y, Kiryutin B, Kitts P, Maglott D, Pruitt K, Sapojnikov V, Souvorov A, Mackey AJ, Waterhouse RM, Wyder S, Zdobnov EM, Zdobnov EM, Wyder S, Kriventseva EV, Kadowaki T, Bork P, Aranda M, Bao R, Beermann A, Berns N, Bolognesi R, Bonneton F, Bopp D, Brown SJ, Bucher G, Butts T, Chaumot A, Denell RE, Ferrier DE, Friedrich M, Gordon CM, Jindra M, Klingler M, Lan Q, Lattorff HM, Laudet V, von Levetsow C, Liu Z, Lutz R, Lynch JA, da Fonseca RN, Posnien N, Reuter R, Roth S, Savard J, Schinko JB, Schmitt C, Schoppmeier M, Schröder R, Shippy TD, Simonnet F, Marques-Souza H, Tautz D, Tomoyasu Y, Trauner J, Van der Zee M, Vervoort M, Wittkopp N, Wimmer EA, Yang X, Jones AK, Sattelle DB, Ebert PR, Nelson D, Scott JG, Beeman RW, Muthukrishnan S, Kramer KJ, Arakane Y, Beeman RW, Zhu Q, Hogenkamp D, Dixit R, Oppert B, Jiang H, Zou Z, Marshall J, Elpidina E, Vinokurov K, Oppert C, Zou Z, Evans J, Lu Z, Zhao P, Sumathipala N, Altincicek B, Vilcinskas A, Williams M, Hultmark D, Hetru C, Jiang H, Grimmelikhuijzen CJ, Hauser F, Cazzamali G, Williamson M, Park Y, Li B, Tanaka Y, Predel R, Neupert S, Schachtner J, Verleyen P, Raible F, Bork P, Friedrich M, Walden KK, Robertson HM, Angeli S, Forêt S, Bucher G, Schuetz S, Maleszka R, Wimmer EA, Beeman RW, Lorenzen M, Tomoyasu Y, Miller SC, Grossmann D, and Bucher G

Subjects
Animals, Base Composition, Body Patterning genetics, Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System genetics, DNA Transposable Elements genetics, Growth and Development genetics, Humans, Insecticides pharmacology, Neurotransmitter Agents genetics, Oogenesis genetics, Phylogeny, Proteome genetics, RNA Interference, Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled genetics, Receptors, Odorant genetics, Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid genetics, Taste genetics, Telomere genetics, Tribolium classification, Tribolium embryology, Tribolium physiology, Vision, Ocular genetics, Genes, Insect genetics, Genome, Insect genetics, Tribolium genetics
Abstract

Tribolium castaneum is a member of the most species-rich eukaryotic order, a powerful model organism for the study of generalized insect development, and an important pest of stored agricultural products. We describe its genome sequence here. This omnivorous beetle has evolved the ability to interact with a diverse chemical environment, as shown by large expansions in odorant and gustatory receptors, as well as P450 and other detoxification enzymes. Development in Tribolium is more representative of other insects than is Drosophila, a fact reflected in gene content and function. For example, Tribolium has retained more ancestral genes involved in cell-cell communication than Drosophila, some being expressed in the growth zone crucial for axial elongation in short-germ development. Systemic RNA interference in T. castaneum functions differently from that in Caenorhabditis elegans, but nevertheless offers similar power for the elucidation of gene function and identification of targets for selective insect control.

Published
2008
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3. Functional and evolutionary insights from the genomes of three parasitoid Nasonia species

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Werren, J. H., Richards, S., Desjardins, C. A., Niehuis, O., Gadau, J., Colbourne, J. K., Beukeboom, L. W., Desplan, C., Elsik, C. G., Grimmelikhuijzen, C. J., Kitts, P., Lynch, J. A., Murphy, T., Oliveira, D. C., Smith, C. D., van de Zande, L., Worley, K. C., Zdobnov, E. M., Aerts, M., Albert, S., Anaya, V. H., Anzola, J. M., Barchuk, A. R., Behura, S. K., Bera, A. N., Berenbaum, M. R., Bertossa, R. C., Bitondi, M. M., Bordenstein, S. R., Bork, P., Bornberg-Bauer, E., Brunain, M., Cazzamali, G., Chaboub, L., Chacko, J., Chavez, D., Childers, C. P., Choi, J. H., Clark, M. E., Claudianos, C., Clinton, R. A., Cree, A. G., Cristino, A. S., Dang, P. M., Darby, A. C., de Graaf, D. C., Devreese, B., Dinh, H. H., Edwards, R., Elango, N., Elhaik, E., Ermolaeva, O., Evans, J. D., Foret, S., Fowler, G. R., Gerlach, D., Gibson, J. D., Gilbert, D. G., Graur, D., Gr�nder, S., Hagen, D. E., Han, Y., Hauser, F., Hultmark, D., Hunter, H. C., Hurst, G. D., Jhangian, S. N., Jiang, H., Johnson, R. M., Jones, A. K., Junier, T., Kadowaki, T., Kamping, A., Kapustin, Y., Kechavarzi, B., Kim, J., Kiryutin, B., Koevoets, T., Kovar, C. L., Kriventseva, E. V., Kucharski, R., Lee, H., Lee, S. L., Lees, K., Lewis, L. R., Loehlin, D. W., Logsdon, J. M., Lopez, J. A., Lozado, R. J., Maglott, D., Maleszka, R., Mayampurath, A., Mazur, D. J., McClure, M. A., Moore, A. D., Morgan, M. B., Muller, J., Munoz-Torres, M. C., Muzny, D. M., Nazareth, L. V., Neupert, S., Nguyen, N. B., Nunes, F. M., Oakeshott, J. G., Okwuonu, G. O., Pannebakker, B. A., Pejaver, V. R., Peng, Z., Pratt, S. C., Predel, R., Pu, L. L., Ranson, H., Raychoudhury, R., Rechtsteiner, A., Reese, J. T., Reid, J. G., Riddle, M., Robertson, H. M., Romero-Severson, J., Rosenberg, M., Sackton, T. B., Sattelle, D. B., Schl�ns, H., Schmitt, T., Schneider, M., Sch�ler, A., Schurko, A. M., Shuker, D. M., Sims, Z. L., Sinha, S., Smith, Z., Solovyev, V., Souvorov, A., Springauf, A., Stafflinger, E., Stage, D. E., Stanke, M., Tanaka, Y., Telschow, A., Trent, C., Vattathil, S., Verhulst, E. C., Viljakainen, L., Wanner, K. W., Waterhouse, R. M., Whitfield, J. B., Wilkes, T. E., Williamson, M., Willis, J. H., Wolschin, F., Wyder, S., Yamada, Takuji, Yi, S. V., Zecher, C. N., Zhang, L., Gibbs, R. A., Group, Nasonia Genome Working, Zdobnov, Evgeny, Gerlach, Daniel, Junier, Thomas, Muller, Jean, Beukeboom lab, and Van de Zande lab

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0106 biological sciences, Male, Wasp Venoms/chemistry/toxicity, Insecta, Insect Viruses/genetics, PARASITOLOGIA, VITRIPENNIS, Wasps, Genome, Insect, HYMENOPTERA, Wasp Venoms, Genes, Insect, 01 natural sciences, Genome, Nasonia vitripennis, HONEYBEE, PTEROMALIDAE, Wasps/ genetics/physiology, Arthropods/parasitology, Pteromalidae, DNA METHYLATION, ddc:616, Recombination, Genetic, 0303 health sciences, Multidisciplinary, biology, Ecology, WASP NASONIA, Biological Evolution, 3. Good health, Insects, DROSOPHILA, APIS-MELLIFERA, Insect Proteins, Wolbachia, Female, Wolbachia/genetics, Nasonia, GENES, Gene Transfer, Horizontal, Evolution, Genetic Speciation, Molecular Sequence Data, Quantitative Trait Loci, Insect Viruses, Quantitative trait locus, 010603 evolutionary biology, Article, Host-Parasite Interactions, 03 medical and health sciences, Genetic model, Animals, Life Science, Arthropods, 030304 developmental biology, fungi, Genetic Variation, Sequence Analysis, DNA, DNA Methylation, biology.organism_classification, SOCIAL INSECTS, Insects/genetics, Evolutionary biology, DNA Transposable Elements, Insect Proteins/genetics/metabolism
Abstract

Parasitoid Wasp Genomes Parasitoid wasps, which prey on and reproduce in host insect species, play important roles in plant herbivore interactions, and may provide valuable tools in the biological control of pest species. The Nasonia Genome Working Group (p. 343 ; see the news story by Pennisi ) presents the genome of three very closely related species: Nasonia vitripennis, N. giraulti , and N. longicornis . The findings document rapid evolution between a host and endosymbiont that can cause nuclear-cytoplasmic incompatibilities that may affect speciation.

Published
2010

4. The genome of the model beetle and pest tribolium castaneum

Author

Richards, S, Gibbs, RA, Weinstock, GM, Brown, SJ, Denell, R, Beeman, RW, Gibbs, R, Bucher, G, Friedrich, M, Grimmelikhuijzen, CJ, Klingler, M, Lorenzen, M, Roth, S, Schröder, R, Tautz, D, Zdobnov, EM, Muzny, D, Attaway, T, Bell, S, Buhay, CJ, Chandrabose, MN, Chavez, D, Clerk-Blankenburg, KP, Cree, A, Dao, M, Davis, C, Chacko, J, Dinh, H, Dugan-Rocha, S, Fowler, G, Garner, TT, Garnes, J, Gnirke, A, Hawes, A, Hernandez, J, Hines, S, Holder, M, Hume, J, Jhangiani, SN, Joshi, V, Khan, ZM, Jackson, L, Kovar, C, Kowis, A, Lee, S, Lewis, LR, Margolis, J, Morgan, M, Nazareth, LV, Nguyen, N, Okwuonu, G, Parker, D, Ruiz, SJ, Santibanez, J, Savard, J, Scherer, SE, Schneider, B, Sodergren, E, Vattahil, S, Villasana, D, White, CS, Wright, R, Park, Y, Lord, J, Oppert, B, Brown, S, Wang, L, Weinstock, G, Liu, Y, Worley, K, Elsik, CG, Reese, JT, Elhaik, E, Landan, G, Graur, D, Arensburger, P, Atkinson, P, Beidler, J, Demuth, JP, Drury, DW, Du, YZ, Fujiwara, H, Maselli, V, Osanai, M, Robertson, HM, Tu, Z, Wang, JJ, Wang, S, Song, H, Zhang, L, Werner, D, Stanke, M, Morgenstern, B, Solovyev, V, Kosarev, P, Brown, G, Chen, HC, Ermolaeva, O, Hlavina, W, Kapustin, Y, Kiryutin, B, Kitts, P, Maglott, D, Pruitt, K, Sapojnikov, V, Souvorov, A, Mackey, AJ, Waterhouse, RM, Wyder, S, Kriventseva, EV, Kadowaki, T, Bork, P, Aranda, M, Bao, R, Beermann, A, Berns, N, Bolognesi, R, Bonneton, F, Bopp, D, Butts, T, Chaumot, A, Denell, RE, Ferrier, DE, Gordon, CM, Jindra, M, Lan, Q, Lattorff, HM, Laudet, V, von Levetsow, C, Liu, Z, Lutz, R, Lynch, JA, da Fonseca, RN, Posnien, N, Reuter, R, Schinko, JB, Schmitt, C, Schoppmeier, M, Shippy, TD, Simonnet, F, Marques-Souza, H, Tomoyasu, Y, Trauner, J, Van der Zee, M, Vervoort, M, Wittkopp, N, Wimmer, EA, Yang, X, Jones, AK, Sattelle, DB, Ebert, PR, Nelson, D, Scott, JG, Muthukrishnan, S, Kramer, KJ, Arakane, Y, Zhu, Q, Hogenkamp, D, Dixit, R, Jiang, H, Zou, Z, Marshall, J, Elpidina, E, Vinokurov, K, Oppert, C, Evans, J, Lu, Z, Zhao, P, Sumathipala, N, Altincicek, B, Vilcinskas, A, Williams, M, Hultmark, D, Hetru, C, Hauser, F, Cazzamali, G, Williamson, M, Li, B, Tanaka, Y, Predel, R, Neupert, S, Schachtner, J, Verleyen, P, Raible, F, Walden, KK, Angeli, S, Forêt, S, Schuetz, S, Maleszka, R, Miller, SC, Grossmann, D, MDC Library, and Zdobnov, Evgeny

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid/genetics, Insecticides, Proteome, Genome, Insect, Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System/genetics, Genes, Insect, Insect, Receptors, Odorant, 01 natural sciences, Genome, Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, G-Protein-Coupled Receptors, Genome, Insect/ genetics, Oogenesis, Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System, RNA interference, Odorant Receptors, Caenorhabditis elegans, Insect Genome, Phylogeny, media_common, Genetics, ddc:616, 0303 health sciences, Base Composition, Neurotransmitter Agents, Tribolium, Multidisciplinary, Neurotransmitter Agents/genetics, Receptors, Odorant/genetics, Vision, Ocular/genetics, Telomere, Insecticides/pharmacology, DNA Transposable Elements/genetics, Proteome/genetics, Genes, Insect/ genetics, Oogenesis/genetics, Taste, RNA Interference, Growth and Development, Drosophila melanogaster, animal structures, Nucleic Acid Repetitive Sequences, Taste/genetics, media_common.quotation_subject, 570 Life Sciences, Biology, 010603 evolutionary biology, 610 Medical Sciences, Medicine, 03 medical and health sciences, Humans, Insect Genes, Ocular Vision, Animals, Tribolium/classification/embryology/ genetics/physiology, Red flour beetle, Gene, Drosophila, Vision, Ocular, 030304 developmental biology, Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid, Growth and Development/genetics, Telomere/genetics, Body Patterning, fungi, biology.organism_classification, Body Patterning/genetics, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, DNA Transposable Elements, Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/genetics
Abstract

Tribolium castaneum is a member of the most species-rich eukaryotic order, a powerful model organism for the study of generalized insect development, and an important pest of stored agricultural products. We describe its genome sequence here. This omnivorous beetle has evolved the ability to interact with a diverse chemical environment, as shown by large expansions in odorant and gustatory receptors, as well as P450 and other detoxification enzymes. Development in Tribolium is more representative of other insects than is Drosophila, a fact reflected in gene content and function. For example, Tribolium has retained more ancestral genes involved in cell-cell communication than Drosophila, some being expressed in the growth zone crucial for axial elongation in short-germ development. Systemic RNA interference in T. castaneum functions differently from that in Caenorhabditis elegans, but nevertheless offers similar power for the elucidation of gene function and identification of targets for selective insect control.

Published
2008

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