Journal article
The Highly Divergent Mitochondrial Genomes Indicate That the Booklouse, Liposcelis bostrychophila (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae) Is a Cryptic Species
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, Vol.8(3), pp.1039-1047
2018
Abstract
The booklouse, Liposcelis bostrychophila is an important storage pest worldwide. The mitochondrial (mt) genome of an asexual strain (Beibei, China) of the L. bostrychophila comprises two chromosomes; each chromosome contains approximate half of the 37 genes typically found in bilateral animals. The mt genomes of two sexual strains of L. bostrychophila, however, comprise five and seven chromosomes, respectively; each chromosome contains one to six genes. To understand mt genome evolution in L. bostrychophila, and whether L. bostrychophila is a cryptic species, we sequenced the mt genomes of six strains of asexual L. bostrychophila collected from different locations in China, Croatia, and the United States. The mt genomes of all six asexual strains of L. bostrychophila have two chromosomes. Phylogenetic analysis of mt genome sequences divided nine strains of L. bostrychophila into four groups. Each group has a distinct mt genome organization and substantial sequence divergence (48.7-87.4%) from other groups. Furthermore, the seven asexual strains of L. bostrychophila, including the published Beibei strain, are more closely related to two other species of booklice, L. paeta and L. sculptilimacula, than to the sexual strains of L. bostrychophila. Our results revealed highly divergent mt genomes in the booklouse, L. bostrychophila, and indicate that L. bostrychophila is a cryptic species.
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- Title
- The Highly Divergent Mitochondrial Genomes Indicate That the Booklouse, Liposcelis bostrychophila (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae) Is a Cryptic Species
- Authors
- S Q Feng (Author) - College of Plant Protection, ChinaQ Q Yang (Author) - College of Plant Protection, ChinaH Li (Author) - College of Plant Protection, ChinaF Song (Author) - College of Plant Protection, ChinaV Stejskal (Author) - Crop Research Institute, Czech RepublicG P Opit (Author) - Oklahoma State University, United StatesW Z Cai (Author) - College of Plant Protection, ChinaZ H Li (Corresponding Author) - College of Plant Protection, ChinaRenfu Shao (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
- Publication details
- G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, Vol.8(3), pp.1039-1047
- Publisher
- Genetics Society of America
- Date published
- 2018
- DOI
- 10.1534/g3.117.300410
- ISSN
- 2160-1836
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2018 Feng et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Centre for Bioinnovation
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450712502621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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