The genome of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta

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The genome of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. / Wurm, Yannick; Wang, John; Riba-Grognuz, Oksana; Corona, Miguel; Nygaard, Sanne; Hunt, Brendan G; Ingram, Krista K; Falquet, Laurent; Nipitwattanaphon, Mingkwan; Gotzek, Dietrich; Dijkstra, Michiel B; Oettler, Jan; Comtesse, Fabien; Shih, Cheng-Jen; Wu, Wen-Jer; Yang, Chin-Cheng; Thomas, Jerome; Beaudoing, Emmanuel; Pradervand, Sylvain; Flegel, Volker; Cook, Erin D; Fabbretti, Roberto; Stockinger, Heinz; Long, Li; Farmerie, William G; Oakey, Jane; Boomsma, Jacobus J; Pamilo, Pekka; Yi, Soojin V; Heinze, Jürgen; Goodisman, Michael A D; Farinelli, Laurent; Harshman, Keith; Hulo, Nicolas; Cerutti, Lorenzo; Xenarios, Ioannis; Shoemaker, Dewayne; Keller, Laurent.

In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 108, No. 14, 2011, p. 5679-84.

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Wurm, Y, Wang, J, Riba-Grognuz, O, Corona, M, Nygaard, S, Hunt, BG, Ingram, KK, Falquet, L, Nipitwattanaphon, M, Gotzek, D, Dijkstra, MB, Oettler, J, Comtesse, F, Shih, C-J, Wu, W-J, Yang, C-C, Thomas, J, Beaudoing, E, Pradervand, S, Flegel, V, Cook, ED, Fabbretti, R, Stockinger, H, Long, L, Farmerie, WG, Oakey, J, Boomsma, JJ, Pamilo, P, Yi, SV, Heinze, J, Goodisman, MAD, Farinelli, L, Harshman, K, Hulo, N, Cerutti, L, Xenarios, I, Shoemaker, D & Keller, L 2011, 'The genome of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 108, no. 14, pp. 5679-84. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1009690108

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Wurm, Y., Wang, J., Riba-Grognuz, O., Corona, M., Nygaard, S., Hunt, B. G., Ingram, K. K., Falquet, L., Nipitwattanaphon, M., Gotzek, D., Dijkstra, M. B., Oettler, J., Comtesse, F., Shih, C-J., Wu, W-J., Yang, C-C., Thomas, J., Beaudoing, E., Pradervand, S., ... Keller, L. (2011). The genome of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108(14), 5679-84. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1009690108

Vancouver

Wurm Y, Wang J, Riba-Grognuz O, Corona M, Nygaard S, Hunt BG et al. The genome of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2011;108(14):5679-84. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1009690108

Author

Wurm, Yannick ; Wang, John ; Riba-Grognuz, Oksana ; Corona, Miguel ; Nygaard, Sanne ; Hunt, Brendan G ; Ingram, Krista K ; Falquet, Laurent ; Nipitwattanaphon, Mingkwan ; Gotzek, Dietrich ; Dijkstra, Michiel B ; Oettler, Jan ; Comtesse, Fabien ; Shih, Cheng-Jen ; Wu, Wen-Jer ; Yang, Chin-Cheng ; Thomas, Jerome ; Beaudoing, Emmanuel ; Pradervand, Sylvain ; Flegel, Volker ; Cook, Erin D ; Fabbretti, Roberto ; Stockinger, Heinz ; Long, Li ; Farmerie, William G ; Oakey, Jane ; Boomsma, Jacobus J ; Pamilo, Pekka ; Yi, Soojin V ; Heinze, Jürgen ; Goodisman, Michael A D ; Farinelli, Laurent ; Harshman, Keith ; Hulo, Nicolas ; Cerutti, Lorenzo ; Xenarios, Ioannis ; Shoemaker, Dewayne ; Keller, Laurent. / The genome of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2011 ; Vol. 108, No. 14. pp. 5679-84.

Bibtex

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title = "The genome of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta",
abstract = "Ants have evolved very complex societies and are key ecosystem members. Some ants, such as the fire ant Solenopsis invicta, are also major pests. Here, we present a draft genome of S. invicta, assembled from Roche 454 and Illumina sequencing reads obtained from a focal haploid male and his brothers. We used comparative genomic methods to obtain insight into the unique features of the S. invicta genome. For example, we found that this genome harbors four adjacent copies of vitellogenin. A phylogenetic analysis revealed that an ancestral vitellogenin gene first underwent a duplication that was followed by possibly independent duplications of each of the daughter vitellogenins. The vitellogenin genes have undergone subfunctionalization with queen- and worker-specific expression, possibly reflecting differential selection acting on the queen and worker castes. Additionally, we identified more than 400 putative olfactory receptors of which at least 297 are intact. This represents the largest repertoire reported so far in insects. S. invicta also harbors an expansion of a specific family of lipid-processing genes, two putative orthologs to the transformer/feminizer sex differentiation gene, a functional DNA methylation system, and a single putative telomerase ortholog. EST data indicate that this S. invicta telomerase ortholog has at least four spliceforms that differ in their use of two sets of mutually exclusive exons. Some of these and other unique aspects of the fire ant genome are likely linked to the complex social behavior of this species.",
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T1 - The genome of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta

AU - Wurm, Yannick

AU - Wang, John

AU - Riba-Grognuz, Oksana

AU - Corona, Miguel

AU - Nygaard, Sanne

AU - Hunt, Brendan G

AU - Ingram, Krista K

AU - Falquet, Laurent

AU - Nipitwattanaphon, Mingkwan

AU - Gotzek, Dietrich

AU - Dijkstra, Michiel B

AU - Oettler, Jan

AU - Comtesse, Fabien

AU - Shih, Cheng-Jen

AU - Wu, Wen-Jer

AU - Yang, Chin-Cheng

AU - Thomas, Jerome

AU - Beaudoing, Emmanuel

AU - Pradervand, Sylvain

AU - Flegel, Volker

AU - Cook, Erin D

AU - Fabbretti, Roberto

AU - Stockinger, Heinz

AU - Long, Li

AU - Farmerie, William G

AU - Oakey, Jane

AU - Boomsma, Jacobus J

AU - Pamilo, Pekka

AU - Yi, Soojin V

AU - Heinze, Jürgen

AU - Goodisman, Michael A D

AU - Farinelli, Laurent

AU - Harshman, Keith

AU - Hulo, Nicolas

AU - Cerutti, Lorenzo

AU - Xenarios, Ioannis

AU - Shoemaker, Dewayne

AU - Keller, Laurent

PY - 2011

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N2 - Ants have evolved very complex societies and are key ecosystem members. Some ants, such as the fire ant Solenopsis invicta, are also major pests. Here, we present a draft genome of S. invicta, assembled from Roche 454 and Illumina sequencing reads obtained from a focal haploid male and his brothers. We used comparative genomic methods to obtain insight into the unique features of the S. invicta genome. For example, we found that this genome harbors four adjacent copies of vitellogenin. A phylogenetic analysis revealed that an ancestral vitellogenin gene first underwent a duplication that was followed by possibly independent duplications of each of the daughter vitellogenins. The vitellogenin genes have undergone subfunctionalization with queen- and worker-specific expression, possibly reflecting differential selection acting on the queen and worker castes. Additionally, we identified more than 400 putative olfactory receptors of which at least 297 are intact. This represents the largest repertoire reported so far in insects. S. invicta also harbors an expansion of a specific family of lipid-processing genes, two putative orthologs to the transformer/feminizer sex differentiation gene, a functional DNA methylation system, and a single putative telomerase ortholog. EST data indicate that this S. invicta telomerase ortholog has at least four spliceforms that differ in their use of two sets of mutually exclusive exons. Some of these and other unique aspects of the fire ant genome are likely linked to the complex social behavior of this species.

AB - Ants have evolved very complex societies and are key ecosystem members. Some ants, such as the fire ant Solenopsis invicta, are also major pests. Here, we present a draft genome of S. invicta, assembled from Roche 454 and Illumina sequencing reads obtained from a focal haploid male and his brothers. We used comparative genomic methods to obtain insight into the unique features of the S. invicta genome. For example, we found that this genome harbors four adjacent copies of vitellogenin. A phylogenetic analysis revealed that an ancestral vitellogenin gene first underwent a duplication that was followed by possibly independent duplications of each of the daughter vitellogenins. The vitellogenin genes have undergone subfunctionalization with queen- and worker-specific expression, possibly reflecting differential selection acting on the queen and worker castes. Additionally, we identified more than 400 putative olfactory receptors of which at least 297 are intact. This represents the largest repertoire reported so far in insects. S. invicta also harbors an expansion of a specific family of lipid-processing genes, two putative orthologs to the transformer/feminizer sex differentiation gene, a functional DNA methylation system, and a single putative telomerase ortholog. EST data indicate that this S. invicta telomerase ortholog has at least four spliceforms that differ in their use of two sets of mutually exclusive exons. Some of these and other unique aspects of the fire ant genome are likely linked to the complex social behavior of this species.

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KW - Ants

KW - Base Sequence

KW - Computational Biology

KW - DNA Methylation

KW - Evolution, Molecular

KW - Expressed Sequence Tags

KW - Genome, Insect

KW - Genomics

KW - Hierarchy, Social

KW - Male

KW - Molecular Sequence Data

KW - Phylogeny

KW - Receptors, Odorant

KW - Sequence Analysis, DNA

KW - Vitellogenins

U2 - 10.1073/pnas.1009690108

DO - 10.1073/pnas.1009690108

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 21282665

VL - 108

SP - 5679

EP - 5684

JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

SN - 0027-8424

IS - 14

ER -

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