Journal
GENES
Volume 12, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/genes12081134
Keywords
Heteroptera; Reduviidae; mitochondrial genome; gene rearrangement; phylogeny
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31222051, 31572242, 31772425, 31772498]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [19lgzd33, 19lgpy174]
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This study sequenced the first mitogenomes of Holoptilinae and Emesinae, detected novel gene orders, and confirmed Reduviidae as a 'hot-spot group' of gene rearrangement in Heteroptera.
Reduviidae, a hyper-diverse family, comprise 25 subfamilies with nearly 7000 species and include many natural enemies of crop pests and vectors of human disease. To date, 75 mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) of assassin bugs from only 11 subfamilies have been reported. The limited sampling of mitogenome at higher categories hinders a deep understanding of mitogenome evolution and reduviid phylogeny. In this study, the first mitogenomes of Holoptilinae (Ptilocnemus lemur) and Emesinae (Ischnobaenella hainana) were sequenced. Two novel gene orders were detected in the newly sequenced mitogenomes. Combined 421 heteropteran mitogenomes, we identified 21 different gene orders and six gene rearrangement units located in three gene blocks. Comparative analyses of the diversity of gene order for each unit reveal that the tRNA gene cluster trnI-trnQ-trnM is the hotspot of heteropteran gene rearrangement. Furthermore, combined analyses of the gene rearrangement richness of each unit and the whole mitogenome among heteropteran lineages confirm Reduviidae as a 'hot-spot group' of gene rearrangement in Heteroptera. The phylogenetic analyses corroborate the current view of phylogenetic relationships between basal groups of Reduviidae with high support values. Our study provides deeper insights into the evolution of mitochondrial gene arrangement in Heteroptera and the early divergence of reduviids.
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