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Identification of Retrocopies in Lepidoptera and Impact on Domestication of Silkworm.

Lingzi Bie, Jiahe Sun, Yi Wang, Chunfang Wang

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Lingzi BieBiological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.ORCID 0009-0001-5162-226X
Jiahe SunBiological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
Yi WangBiological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4706-8171
Chunfang WangSouthwest University Hospital, Chongqing 400715, China.

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Science and Technology Innovation Key R&D Program of Chongqing CSTB2022TIAD-STX0015Special Fund for Youth Team of Southwest University SWU-XJLJ202306
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Abstract

backgroundDuring the domestication of silkworm, an economic insect, its physiological characteristics have changed greatly. RNA-based gene duplication, known as retrocopy, plays an important role in the formation of new genes and genome evolution, but the retrocopies of lepidopteran insects have not been fully identified and analyzed, which not only severely limits researchers from exploring the effects of retrocopies on lepidopteran insects but also affects the studies on the domestication of silkworm.

methodsWe compared the genomes and proteomes of eight lepidopteran insects and used a series of screening criteria for auxiliary screening to obtain the retrocopies in lepidopteran insects and explored their characteristics. In addition, based on the silkworm transcriptome data from the SilkDB3.0 website, we explored the functions of the retrocopies on the domestication of the silkworm.

resultsA total of 1993 retrocopies and 1208 parental genes in lepidopteran insects were obtained. We revealed that the retrocopies in Lepidoptera do not conform to the "out of X" hypothesis but fit the "out of testis" hypothesis. These retrocopies were subject to strong functional constraints and performed important functions in growth and development. Transcriptome analysis revealed that the expression pattern of the retrocopies and their parental genes were irrelevant. Through the analysis of the retrocopies in silkworm generated after domestication and located in the candidate domestication regions, the possible universal connection between the retrocopies and the domestication of silkworm were found.

conclusionsOur study pioneered the exploration of retrocopies in multiple Lepidoptera species and found the potential association between the retrocopies and the domestication of silkworm.

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BombyxDomesticationAnimalsEvolution, MolecularGene DuplicationGene Expression ProfilingGenome, InsectInsect ProteinsLepidopteraPhylogenyProteomeRetroelementsTranscriptomeInsect ProteinsProteomeRetroelementsadaptive evolutionfunctional genomicsgene duplicationlepidopteran insectsretrocopy

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