Genus-Wide Characterization of Bumblebee Genomes Provides Insights into Their Evolution and Variation in Ecological and Behavioral Traits

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第一作者： Sun, Cheng

作者： Sun, Cheng;Huang, Jiaxing;Zhao, Xiaomeng;Su, Long;Liu, Yanjie;Yang, Huipeng;Ding, Lele;Wang, Quangui;Xu, Weilin;Wang, Yun;Zhang, Hongbo;Zhang, Ze;Thomas, Gregg W. C.;Zhao, Mengya;Cao, Gang;Zhang, Xingtan;Ma, Dongna;Jungreis, Irwin;Kellis, Manolis;Jungreis, Irwin;Kellis, Manolis;Vicario, Saverio;Sharakhov, Igor, V;Bondarenko, Semen M.;Sharakhov, Igor, V;Hasselmann, Martin;Kim, Chang N.;Paten, Benedict;Penso-Dolfin, Luca;Wang, Li;Chang, Yuxiao;Gao, Qiang;Ma, Ling;Ma, Lina;Zhang, Zhang;Ma, Lina;Zhang, Zhang;Zhang, Huahao;Ruzzante, Livio;Waterhouse, Robert M.;Ruzzante, Livio;Waterhouse, Robert M.;Robertson, Hugh M.;Zhu, Yihui;Zhu, Yihui;Liang, Cheng;Itgen, Michael W.;Mueller, Rachel Lockridge;Mee, Lauren;Barribeau, Seth M.;Sadd, Ben M.;Hahn, Matthew W.;Hahn, Matthew W.;Schaack, Sarah;Williams, Paul H.

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关键词： Bombus; insect diversity; genome assembly; genome evolution; gene family evolution

期刊名称：MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION （ 影响因子：11.062； 五年影响因子：13.401 ）

ISSN： 0737-4038

年卷期： 2021 年 38 卷 2 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Bumblebees are a diverse group of globally important pollinators in natural ecosystems and for agricultural food production. With both eusocial and solitary life-cycle phases, and some social parasite species, they are especially interesting models to understand social evolution, behavior, and ecology. Reports of many species in decline point to pathogen transmission, habitat loss, pesticide usage, and global climate change, as interconnected causes. These threats to bumblebee diversity make our reliance on a handful of well-studied species for agricultural pollination particularly precarious. To broadly sample bumblebee genomic and phenotypic diversity, we de novo sequenced and assembled the genomes of 17 species, representing all 15 subgenera, producing the first genus-wide quantification of genetic and genomic variation potentially underlying key ecological and behavioral traits. The species phylogeny resolves subgenera relationships, whereas incomplete lineage sorting likely drives high levels of gene tree discordance. Five chromosome-level assemblies show a stable 18-chromosome karyotype, with major rearrangements creating 25 chromosomes in social parasites. Differential transposable element activity drives changes in genome sizes, with putative domestications of repetitive sequences influencing gene coding and regulatory potential. Dynamically evolving gene families and signatures of positive selection point to genus-wide variation in processes linked to foraging, diet and metabolism, immunity and detoxification, as well as adaptations for life at high altitudes. Our study reveals how bumblebee genes and genomes have evolved across the Bombus phylogeny and identifies variations potentially linked to key ecological and behavioral traits of these important pollinators.

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