Aquatic Insects Are Dramatically Underrepresented in Genomic Research
Aquatic insects comprise 10% of all insect diversity, can be found on every continent except Antarctica, and are key components of freshwater ecosystems. However, aquatic insect genome biology lags dramatically behind that of terrestrial insects. If genomic effort was spread evenly, one aquatic inse...
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ftmdpi:oai:mdpi.com:/2075-4450/11/9/601/ 2023-08-20T04:02:19+02:00 Aquatic Insects Are Dramatically Underrepresented in Genomic Research Scott Hotaling Joanna L. Kelley Paul B. Frandsen agris 2020-09-05 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11090601 EN eng Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Insect Molecular Biology and Genomics https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects11090601 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Insects; Volume 11; Issue 9; Pages: 601 Ephemeroptera Plecoptera Trichoptera Odonata Megaloptera genome biology freshwater science insect genomics arthropod nuclear genome Text 2020 ftmdpi https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11090601 2023-08-01T00:03:05Z Aquatic insects comprise 10% of all insect diversity, can be found on every continent except Antarctica, and are key components of freshwater ecosystems. However, aquatic insect genome biology lags dramatically behind that of terrestrial insects. If genomic effort was spread evenly, one aquatic insect genome would be sequenced for every ~9 terrestrial insect genomes. Instead, ~24 terrestrial insect genomes have been sequenced for every aquatic insect genome. This discrepancy is even more dramatic if the quality of genomic resources is considered; for instance, while no aquatic insect genome has been assembled to the chromosome level, 29 terrestrial insect genomes spanning four orders have. We argue that a lack of aquatic insect genomes is not due to any underlying difficulty (e.g., small body sizes or unusually large genomes), yet it is severely hampering aquatic insect research at both fundamental and applied scales. By expanding the availability of aquatic insect genomes, we will gain key insight into insect diversification and empower future research for a globally important taxonomic group. Text Antarc* Antarctica MDPI Open Access Publishing Insects 11 9 601 |
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Aquatic insects comprise 10% of all insect diversity, can be found on every continent except Antarctica, and are key components of freshwater ecosystems. However, aquatic insect genome biology lags dramatically behind that of terrestrial insects. If genomic effort was spread evenly, one aquatic insect genome would be sequenced for every ~9 terrestrial insect genomes. Instead, ~24 terrestrial insect genomes have been sequenced for every aquatic insect genome. This discrepancy is even more dramatic if the quality of genomic resources is considered; for instance, while no aquatic insect genome has been assembled to the chromosome level, 29 terrestrial insect genomes spanning four orders have. We argue that a lack of aquatic insect genomes is not due to any underlying difficulty (e.g., small body sizes or unusually large genomes), yet it is severely hampering aquatic insect research at both fundamental and applied scales. By expanding the availability of aquatic insect genomes, we will gain key insight into insect diversification and empower future research for a globally important taxonomic group. |
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