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The genomic basis of adaptation to different host environments in a parasitoid wasp
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences.
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6020-5102
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Zoology, Systematic Zoology.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1863-2340
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6362-6199
2021 (English)Manuscript (preprint) (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Many insect species are infected by parasitic wasps in a constantly evolving network of interactions. Understanding the genetics of population differentiation in parasitic wasps is therefore important in the study of species diversity. Asecodes parviclava is a koinobiont endoparasitic wasp that exhibits large population variation in virulence when attacking host beetle species across Sweden. In this study, we sequenced, de novo assembled and annotated the entire genome of A. parviclava. Final assembly had a size = 384 Mbp, contained 11,196 scaffolds with a N50 = 302.549 kbp. Using an ab initio evidence-driven approach, 22,290 protein-coding genes were identified and functionally annotated. Using this genome we then performed a population genomic scan for selective patterns by generating whole genome re-sequencing data from individual wasps from 11 populations and using FST-based approaches. Finally, we searched specifically across sets of candidate venom and chemosensory genes, which may be the key traits leading to population differentiation. With 1% of SNPs as FST outliers, several regions of the genome appeared to be under strong selection. Specifically, candidate regions responsible for virulence variations included genes involved in the inhibition of host immune systems and odorant/gustatory receptors. Our study identified important regions and genes underlying mechanisms of host adaptations in parasitic wasps.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2021. Vol. 11, no 8
Keywords [en]
Genetics, population genetics, parasitoid
National Category
Evolutionary Biology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-198285OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-198285DiVA, id: diva2:1608128
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Swedish Research CouncilSwedish Research CouncilAvailable from: 2021-11-03 Created: 2021-11-03 Last updated: 2022-02-25Bibliographically approved
In thesis
1. Coevolution and molecular background of species interactions in geographic mosaics
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Coevolution and molecular background of species interactions in geographic mosaics
2021 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

In complex food webs, species often interact with each other indirectly through mediating species. As a result of geographic mosaic of coevolution, such interactions are often evolutionarily unstable and the traits governing the interaction sometimes vary over time. A common example is the interactions between hosts and endoparasitoids, in which the phenotypic variation has been studied in terms of both host immunity and parasitoid virulence. This thesis focuses on characterizing the genetic background underlying the coevolution between host immune response and parasitoid virulence in a host-parasitoid interaction system. For this purpose, I used Galerucella-Asecodes system, which contains three leaf beetle species (Galerucella calmariensis, G. pusilla and G. tenella) and their shared parasitic wasp, Asecodes parviclava as the study model. By integrating next generation sequencing techniques and ab initio evidence-driven annotation approach, I generated genome assemblies and annotation of both the wasp and the three Galerucella species (Paper I & IV). In order to study variation in immune capacity at the expression level, I de novo assembled and annotated the transcriptome of G. pusilla and G. calmariensis, which have contrasting immunocompetence against the Asecodes wasp (Paper II). Using a time-course differential expression analysis, I investigated gene expression in parasitized larvae of G. pusilla and G. calmariensis after the wasp attack, and suggested that signaling and hematopoiesis genes play a key role in the host immunity in Galerucella against wasps (Paper II). Using comparative analysis of Galerucella species, I identified important genes and pathways under natural selection which potentially explain the divergence in their morphology and immunity (Paper III). I also focused on the geographic variation in the Asecodes wasp using population comparisons and identified several candidate regions of the genome for host adaptation. We also detected that genes involved in the inhibition of host immune systems and odorant/gustatory receptors are associated with variation in virulence (Paper IV).

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, 2021. p. 32
Keywords
transcriptomics, population genetics, insect immunology, parasitoid, genome assembly, natural selection
National Category
Evolutionary Biology Genetics and Genomics Ecology
Research subject
Ecology and Evolution
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urn:nbn:se:su:diva-198286 (URN)978-91-7911-690-3 (ISBN)978-91-7911-691-0 (ISBN)
Public defence
2021-12-17, sal P216, NPQ-huset, Svante Arrhenius väg 20 A and online via Zoom, Stockholm, 13:00 (English)
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Available from: 2021-11-24 Created: 2021-11-03 Last updated: 2025-02-01Bibliographically approved

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