Genome sequence of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum
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Genome sequence of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. / Richards, S. ; Gibbs, R. A. ; Gerardo, N. M. ; Grimmelikhuijzen, Cornelis; International Aphid Genomics Consortium.
In: P L o S Biology, Vol. 8, No. 2, 23.02.2010, p. e1000313.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Genome sequence of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum
AU - Richards, S.
AU - Gibbs, R. A.
AU - Gerardo, N. M.
AU - Grimmelikhuijzen, Cornelis
AU - International Aphid Genomics Consortium
PY - 2010/2/23
Y1 - 2010/2/23
N2 - Aphids are important agricultural pests and also biological models for studies of insect-plant interactions, symbiosis, virus vectoring, and the developmental causes of extreme phenotypic plasticity. Here we present the 464 Mb draft genome assembly of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. This first published whole genome sequence of a basal hemimetabolous insect provides an outgroup to the multiple published genomes of holometabolous insects. Pea aphids are host-plant specialists, they can reproduce both sexually and asexually, and they have coevolved with an obligate bacterial symbiont. Here we highlight findings from whole genome analysis that may be related to these unusual biological features. These findings include discovery of extensive gene duplication in more than 2000 gene families as well as loss of evolutionarily conserved genes. Gene family expansions relative to other published genomes include genes involved in chromatin modification, miRNA synthesis, and sugar transport. Gene losses include genes central to the IMD immune pathway, selenoprotein utilization, purine salvage, and the entire urea cycle. The pea aphid genome reveals that only a limited number of genes have been acquired from bacteria; thus the reduced gene count of Buchnera does not reflect gene transfer to the host genome. The inventory of metabolic genes in the pea aphid genome suggests that there is extensive metabolite exchange between the aphid and Buchnera, including sharing of amino acid biosynthesis between the aphid and Buchnera. The pea aphid genome provides a foundation for post-genomic studies of fundamental biological questions and applied agricultural problems.
AB - Aphids are important agricultural pests and also biological models for studies of insect-plant interactions, symbiosis, virus vectoring, and the developmental causes of extreme phenotypic plasticity. Here we present the 464 Mb draft genome assembly of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. This first published whole genome sequence of a basal hemimetabolous insect provides an outgroup to the multiple published genomes of holometabolous insects. Pea aphids are host-plant specialists, they can reproduce both sexually and asexually, and they have coevolved with an obligate bacterial symbiont. Here we highlight findings from whole genome analysis that may be related to these unusual biological features. These findings include discovery of extensive gene duplication in more than 2000 gene families as well as loss of evolutionarily conserved genes. Gene family expansions relative to other published genomes include genes involved in chromatin modification, miRNA synthesis, and sugar transport. Gene losses include genes central to the IMD immune pathway, selenoprotein utilization, purine salvage, and the entire urea cycle. The pea aphid genome reveals that only a limited number of genes have been acquired from bacteria; thus the reduced gene count of Buchnera does not reflect gene transfer to the host genome. The inventory of metabolic genes in the pea aphid genome suggests that there is extensive metabolite exchange between the aphid and Buchnera, including sharing of amino acid biosynthesis between the aphid and Buchnera. The pea aphid genome provides a foundation for post-genomic studies of fundamental biological questions and applied agricultural problems.
KW - Animals
KW - Aphids
KW - Buchnera
KW - Gene Transfer, Horizontal
KW - Genome, Insect
KW - Symbiosis
U2 - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000313
DO - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000313
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 20186266
VL - 8
SP - e1000313
JO - PLoS Biology
JF - PLoS Biology
SN - 1544-9173
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 33884990