Nature Communications (May 2020)
Genomic adaptations to aquatic and aerial life in mayflies and the origin of insect wings
- Isabel Almudi,
- Joel Vizueta,
- Christopher D. R. Wyatt,
- Alex de Mendoza,
- Ferdinand Marlétaz,
- Panos N. Firbas,
- Roberto Feuda,
- Giulio Masiero,
- Patricia Medina,
- Ana Alcaina-Caro,
- Fernando Cruz,
- Jessica Gómez-Garrido,
- Marta Gut,
- Tyler S. Alioto,
- Carlos Vargas-Chavez,
- Kristofer Davie,
- Bernhard Misof,
- Josefa González,
- Stein Aerts,
- Ryan Lister,
- Jordi Paps,
- Julio Rozas,
- Alejandro Sánchez-Gracia,
- Manuel Irimia,
- Ignacio Maeso,
- Fernando Casares
Affiliations
- Isabel Almudi
- GEM-DMC2 Unit, The CABD (CSIC-UPO-JA)
- Joel Vizueta
- Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística, Facultat de Biologia and Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona
- Christopher D. R. Wyatt
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
- Alex de Mendoza
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia
- Ferdinand Marlétaz
- Molecular Genetics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
- Panos N. Firbas
- GEM-DMC2 Unit, The CABD (CSIC-UPO-JA)
- Roberto Feuda
- Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester
- Giulio Masiero
- GEM-DMC2 Unit, The CABD (CSIC-UPO-JA)
- Patricia Medina
- GEM-DMC2 Unit, The CABD (CSIC-UPO-JA)
- Ana Alcaina-Caro
- GEM-DMC2 Unit, The CABD (CSIC-UPO-JA)
- Fernando Cruz
- CNAG-CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)
- Jessica Gómez-Garrido
- CNAG-CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)
- Marta Gut
- CNAG-CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)
- Tyler S. Alioto
- CNAG-CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)
- Carlos Vargas-Chavez
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE), CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra
- Kristofer Davie
- Laboratory of Computational Biology, VIB Center for Brain and Disease Research
- Bernhard Misof
- Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig
- Josefa González
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE), CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra
- Stein Aerts
- Laboratory of Computational Biology, VIB Center for Brain and Disease Research
- Ryan Lister
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia
- Jordi Paps
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol
- Julio Rozas
- Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística, Facultat de Biologia and Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona
- Alejandro Sánchez-Gracia
- Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística, Facultat de Biologia and Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona
- Manuel Irimia
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
- Ignacio Maeso
- GEM-DMC2 Unit, The CABD (CSIC-UPO-JA)
- Fernando Casares
- GEM-DMC2 Unit, The CABD (CSIC-UPO-JA)
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16284-8
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
Genomic studies of paleopteran insects, such as mayflies, are needed to reconstruct early insect evolution. Here, Almudi and colleagues present the genome of the mayfly Cloeon dipterum and use transcriptomics to characterize its adaptations to distinct habitats and the origin of insect wings.