The genome of the blind soil-dwelling and ancestrally wingless dipluran campodea augens: a key reference hexapod for studying the emergence of insect innovations

Article Article scientifique Article The genome of the blind soil-dwelling and ancestrally wingless dipluran campodea augens: a key reference hexapod for studying the emergence of insect innovations eng 2020 author Manni Mose 848200 author Simao Neto Felipe 731423 author Robertson Hugh M author Gabaglio Marco Aurelio 874728 author Waterhouse Robert M author Misof Bernhard author Niehuis Oliver author Szucsich Nikolaus U author Zdobnov Evgeny 636914 3534-3549 10.1093/gbe/evz260 31778187 1759-6653 The dipluran two-pronged bristletail Campodea augens is a blind ancestrally wingless hexapod with the remarkable capacity to regenerate lost body appendages such as its long antennae. As sister group to Insecta (sensu stricto), Diplura are key to understanding the early evolution of hexapods and the origin and evolution of insects. Here we report the 1.2-Gb draft genome of C. augens and results from comparative genomic analyses with other arthropods. In C. augens, we uncovered the largest chemosensory gene repertoire of ionotropic receptors in the animal kingdom, a massive expansion that might compensate for the loss of vision. We found a paucity of photoreceptor genes mirroring at the genomic level the secondary loss of an ancestral external photoreceptor organ. Expansions of detoxification and carbohydrate metabolism gene families might reflect adaptations for foraging behavior, and duplicated apoptotic genes might underlie its high regenerative potential. The C. augens genome represents one of the key references for studying the emergence of genomic innovations in insects, the most diverse animal group, and opens up novel opportunities to study the under-explored biology of diplurans. Dewey 576.5 Swiss National Science Foundation Insect (meta)genomics 143936 CH Project funding 135 Département de médecine génétique et développement 21D false 493 Génomique Evolutionnaire Computationnelle 830 Genome Biology and Evolution 12 1 fd9a3647-4984-437d-9a68-09781739f5d0 Article (Published version) Public evz260.pdf 1280282 application/pdf CC BY 842b89d6-65e6-4145-846a-5a9a8ab69d4c Supplemental data Public Supplementary_file.pdf 15439413 application/pdf CC BY openAccess Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine fondamentale / Département de médecine génétique et développement

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The genome of the blind soil-dwelling and ancestrally wingless dipluran campodea augens: a key reference hexapod for studying the emergence of insect innovations	Genome Biology and Evolution	2020	264	232
Analysis of the genome of Campodea augens (Diplura: Campodeoidea), an ancestrally wingless hexapod species		2019	153	2

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