ArticleGenome biology2020
Gene content evolution in the arthropods.
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Gregg W C ThomasDepartment of Biology and Department of Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
Elias DohmenInstitute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münsterss, 48149, Münster, Germany.
Daniel S T HughesHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Shwetha C MuraliHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Monica PoelchauNational Agricultural Library, USDA, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA.
Karl GlastadSchool of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
Clare A AnsteadFaculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia.
Nadia A AyoubDepartment of Biology, Washington and Lee University, 204 West Washington Street, Lexington, VA, 24450, USA.
Phillip BatterhamSchool of BioSciences Science Faculty, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia.
Michelle BellairHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Greta J BinfordDepartment of Biology, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR, 97219, USA.
Hsu ChaoHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Yolanda H ChenDepartment of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, USA.
Christopher ChildersNational Agricultural Library, USDA, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA.
Huyen DinhHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Harsha Vardhan DoddapaneniHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Jian J DuanBeneficial Insects Introduction Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Newark, DE, USA.
Shannon DuganHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Lauren A EspositoInstitute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA, 94118, USA.
Markus FriedrichDepartment of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA.
Jessica GarbDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 198 Riverside Street, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA.
Robin B GasserFaculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia.
Michael A D GoodismanSchool of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
Dawn E Gundersen-RindalUSDA-ARS Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, USA.
Yi HanHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Alfred M HandlerUSDA-ARS, Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, 1700 S.W. 23rd Drive, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA.
Masatsugu HatakeyamaDivision of Insect Sciences, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Owashi, Tsukuba, 305-8634, Japan.
Lars HeringDepartment of Zoology, Institute of Biology, University of Kassel, 34132, Kassel, Germany.
Wayne B HunterUSDA ARS, U. S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, Ft. Pierce, FL, 34945, USA.
Panagiotis IoannidisDepartment of Genetic Medicine and Development and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Geneva, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland.
Joy C JayaseelanHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Divya KalraHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Abderrahman KhilaUniversité de Lyon, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5242, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364, Lyon, France.
Pasi K KorhonenFaculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia.
Carol Eunmi LeeDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
Sandra L LeeHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Yiyuan LiDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 109B Galvin Life Sciences, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA.
Amelia R I LindseyDepartment of Entomology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA.
Georg MayerDepartment of Zoology, Institute of Biology, University of Kassel, 34132, Kassel, Germany.
Alistair P McGregorDepartment of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK.
Duane D McKennaDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Memphis, 3700 Walker Ave, Memphis, TN, 38152, USA.
Bernhard MisofCenter for Molecular Biodiversity Research, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany.
Mala MunidasaHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Monica Munoz-TorresEnvironmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA.
Donna M MuznyHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Oliver NiehuisEvolutionary Biology and Ecology, Institute of Biology I (Zoology), Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, 79104, Freiburg (Brsg.), Germany.
Nkechinyere Osuji-LacyHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Subba R PalliDepartment of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40546, USA.
Kristen A PanfilioSchool of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Campus, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.
Matthias PechmannCologne Biocenter, Zoological Institute, Department of Developmental Biology, University of Cologne, 50674, Cologne, Germany.
Trent PerrySchool of BioSciences Science Faculty, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia.
Ralph S PetersCentre of Taxonomy and Evolutionary Research, Arthropoda Department, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany.
Helen C PoyntonSchool for the Environment, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, 02125, USA.
Nikola-Michael PrpicJohann-Friedrich-Blumenbach-Institut für Zoologie und Anthropologie, Abteilung für Entwicklungsbiologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Jiaxin QuHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Dorith RotenbergDepartment of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA.
Coby SchalDepartment of Entomology and W.M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.
Sean D SchovilleDepartment of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA.
Erin D ScullyStored Product Insect and Engineering Research Unit, USDA-ARS Center for Grain and Animal Health Research, Manhattan, KS, 66502, USA.
Evette SkinnerHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Daniel B SloanDepartment of Biology, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, USA.
Richard StouthamerDepartment of Entomology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA.
Michael R StrandDepartment of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
Nikolaus U SzucsichPresent Address: Arkansas Biosciences Institute, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR, USA.
Asela WijeratneDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Memphis, 3700 Walker Ave, Memphis, TN, 38152, USA.
Neil D YoungFaculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia.
Eduardo E ZattaraINIBIOMA, Univ. Nacional del Comahue - CONICET, Bariloche, Argentina.
Joshua B BenoitDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, USA.
Evgeny M ZdobnovDepartment of Genetic Medicine and Development and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Geneva, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland.
Michael E PfrenderDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 109B Galvin Life Sciences, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA.
Kevin J HackettCrop Production and Protection, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA.
John H WerrenDepartment of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA.
Kim C WorleyHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Richard A GibbsHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Ariel D ChipmanDepartment of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, 91904, Jerusalem, Israel.
Robert M WaterhouseDepartment of Ecology & Evolution and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Erich Bornberg-BauerInstitute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münsterss, 48149, Münster, Germany.
Matthew W HahnDepartment of Biology and Department of Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
Stephen RichardsHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. srichards@ucdavis.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-8959-5466
Funding
The Human Genome Sequencing CenterU54HG003273 · NHGRI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI GIBBS, RICHARD A · 2004 to 2015
$341.3MMolecular Analysis of Juvenile Hormone ActionR01GM070559 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI PALLI, SUBBA R · 2005 to 2024
$4.1MRNAi methods for Zika virus vector controlR21AI131427 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI PALLI, SUBBA R · 2017 to 2018
$385kNHGRI NIH HHS U54 HG003273
Abstract
backgroundArthropods comprise the largest and most diverse phylum on Earth and play vital roles in nearly every ecosystem. Their diversity stems in part from variations on a conserved body plan, resulting from and recorded in adaptive changes in the genome. Dissection of the genomic record of sequence change enables broad questions regarding genome evolution to be addressed, even across hyper-diverse taxa within arthropods.
resultsUsing 76 whole genome sequences representing 21 orders spanning more than 500 million years of arthropod evolution, we document changes in gene and protein domain content and provide temporal and phylogenetic context for interpreting these innovations. We identify many novel gene families that arose early in the evolution of arthropods and during the diversification of insects into modern orders. We reveal unexpected variation in patterns of DNA methylation across arthropods and examples of gene family and protein domain evolution coincident with the appearance of notable phenotypic and physiological adaptations such as flight, metamorphosis, sociality, and chemoperception.
conclusionsThese analyses demonstrate how large-scale comparative genomics can provide broad new insights into the genotype to phenotype map and generate testable hypotheses about the evolution of animal diversity.
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Evolution, MolecularAnimalsArthropodsDNA MethylationGenetic SpeciationGenetic VariationPhylogenyArthropodsDNA methylationEvolutionGene contentGenome assemblyGenomicsProtein domains
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