Communications Biology (Jan 2021)

Chromosomal scale assembly of parasitic wasp genome reveals symbiotic virus colonization

  • Jérémy Gauthier,
  • Hélène Boulain,
  • Joke J. F. A. van Vugt,
  • Lyam Baudry,
  • Emma Persyn,
  • Jean-Marc Aury,
  • Benjamin Noel,
  • Anthony Bretaudeau,
  • Fabrice Legeai,
  • Sven Warris,
  • Mohamed A. Chebbi,
  • Géraldine Dubreuil,
  • Bernard Duvic,
  • Natacha Kremer,
  • Philippe Gayral,
  • Karine Musset,
  • Thibaut Josse,
  • Diane Bigot,
  • Christophe Bressac,
  • Sébastien Moreau,
  • Georges Periquet,
  • Myriam Harry,
  • Nicolas Montagné,
  • Isabelle Boulogne,
  • Mahnaz Sabeti-Azad,
  • Martine Maïbèche,
  • Thomas Chertemps,
  • Frédérique Hilliou,
  • David Siaussat,
  • Joëlle Amselem,
  • Isabelle Luyten,
  • Claire Capdevielle-Dulac,
  • Karine Labadie,
  • Bruna Laís Merlin,
  • Valérie Barbe,
  • Jetske G. de Boer,
  • Martial Marbouty,
  • Fernando Luis Cônsoli,
  • Stéphane Dupas,
  • Aurélie Hua-Van,
  • Gaelle Le Goff,
  • Annie Bézier,
  • Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly,
  • James B. Whitfield,
  • Louise E. M. Vet,
  • Hans M. Smid,
  • Laure Kaiser,
  • Romain Koszul,
  • Elisabeth Huguet,
  • Elisabeth A. Herniou,
  • Jean-Michel Drezen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01623-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Jeremy Gauthier et al. present the chromosome scale assembly of the genome of the parasitic wasp C. congregata and show that bracovirus genes have colonized all ten chromosomes. Comparison with genome scaffolds of another wasp reveals a striking stability of these regions over ~53 million years, suggesting strong evolutionary constraints.