Conservation genomics analysis reveals recent population decline and possible causes in bumblebee Bombus opulentus

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第一作者： Sang, Huiling

作者： Sang, Huiling;Tan, Shuxin;Gao, Pu;Sun, Cheng;Sang, Huiling;Li, Yancan;Luo, Shudong;Li, Yancan;Luo, Shudong;Wang, Bei;Guo, Shengnan;Sun, Cheng

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关键词： Bombus opulentus; bumblebee; conservation genomics; effective population size (N-e); population decline

期刊名称：INSECT SCIENCE （ 影响因子：4.0； 五年影响因子：3.6 ）

ISSN： 1672-9609

年卷期： 2024 年

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Bumblebees are a genus of pollinators (Bombus) that play important roles in natural ecosystem and agricultural production. Several bumblebee species have been recorded as under population decline, and the proportion of species experiencing population decline within subgenus Thoracobombus is higher than average. Bombus opulentus is 1 species in Thoracobombus, but little is known about its recent population dynamics. Here, we employed conservation genomics methods to investigate the population dynamics of B. opulentus during the recent past and identify the likely environmental factors that may cause population decline. Firstly, we placed the scaffold-level of B. opulentus reference genome sequence onto chromosome-level using Hi-C technique. Then, based on this reference genome and whole-genome resequencing data for 51 B. opulentus samples, we reconstructed the population structure and effective population size (N-e) trajectories of B. opulentus and identified genes that were under positive selection. Our results revealed that the collected B. opulentus samples could be divided into 2 populations, and 1 of them experienced a recent population decline; the declining population also exhibited lower genetic diversity and higher inbreeding levels. Genes related to high-temperature tolerance, immune response, and detoxication showed signals of positive selection in the declining population, suggesting that climate warming and pathogen/pesticide exposures may contribute to the decline of this B. opulentus population. Taken together, our study provided insights into the demography of B. opulentus populations and highlighted that populations of the same bumblebee species could have contrasting N-e trajectories and population decline could be caused by a combination of various stressors.

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