1. The genome of Tetranychus urticae reveals herbivorous pest adaptations.
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Grbić M, Van Leeuwen T, Clark RM, Rombauts S, Rouzé P, Grbić V, Osborne EJ, Dermauw W, Ngoc PC, Ortego F, Hernández-Crespo P, Diaz I, Martinez M, Navajas M, Sucena É, Magalhães S, Nagy L, Pace RM, Djuranović S, Smagghe G, Iga M, Christiaens O, Veenstra JA, Ewer J, Villalobos RM, Hutter JL, Hudson SD, Velez M, Yi SV, Zeng J, Pires-daSilva A, Roch F, Cazaux M, Navarro M, Zhurov V, Acevedo G, Bjelica A, Fawcett JA, Bonnet E, Martens C, Baele G, Wissler L, Sanchez-Rodriguez A, Tirry L, Blais C, Demeestere K, Henz SR, Gregory TR, Mathieu J, Verdon L, Farinelli L, Schmutz J, Lindquist E, Feyereisen R, and Van de Peer Y
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- Adaptation, Physiological physiology, Animals, Ecdysterone analogs & derivatives, Ecdysterone genetics, Evolution, Molecular, Fibroins genetics, Gene Expression Regulation, Gene Transfer, Horizontal genetics, Genes, Homeobox genetics, Genomics, Herbivory physiology, Molecular Sequence Data, Molting genetics, Multigene Family genetics, Nanostructures chemistry, Plants parasitology, Silk biosynthesis, Silk chemistry, Transcriptome genetics, Adaptation, Physiological genetics, Genome genetics, Herbivory genetics, Tetranychidae genetics, Tetranychidae physiology
- Abstract
The spider mite Tetranychus urticae is a cosmopolitan agricultural pest with an extensive host plant range and an extreme record of pesticide resistance. Here we present the completely sequenced and annotated spider mite genome, representing the first complete chelicerate genome. At 90 megabases T. urticae has the smallest sequenced arthropod genome. Compared with other arthropods, the spider mite genome shows unique changes in the hormonal environment and organization of the Hox complex, and also reveals evolutionary innovation of silk production. We find strong signatures of polyphagy and detoxification in gene families associated with feeding on different hosts and in new gene families acquired by lateral gene transfer. Deep transcriptome analysis of mites feeding on different plants shows how this pest responds to a changing host environment. The T. urticae genome thus offers new insights into arthropod evolution and plant-herbivore interactions, and provides unique opportunities for developing novel plant protection strategies., (©2011 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved)
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- 2011
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