Gutenberg Open Science: Candidate genes involved in cuticular hydrocarbon differentiation between cryptic, parabiotic ant species

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dc.contributor.author	Sprenger, Philipp P.	-
dc.contributor.author	Hartke, Juliane	-
dc.contributor.author	Schmitt, Thomas	-
dc.contributor.author	Menzel, Florian	-
dc.contributor.author	Feldmeyer, Barbara	-
dc.date.accessioned	2021-11-12T10:33:58Z	-
dc.date.available	2021-11-12T10:33:58Z	-
dc.date.issued	2021	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/6499	-
dc.description.abstract	Insect cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) are highly diverse and have multiple functions, including communication and waterproofing. CHC profiles form species-specific, complex blends of up to 150 compounds. Especially in ants, even closely related species can have largely different profiles, raising the question how CHC differences are mirrored in the regulation of biosynthetic pathways. The neotropical ants Crematogaster levior and Camponotus femoratus both consist of two cryptic species each that are morphologically similar, but express strongly different CHC profiles. This is ideal to study the molecular basis of CHC differences. We thus investigated gene expression differences in fat-body transcriptomes of these ants. Despite common garden conditions, we found several thousand differentially expressed transcripts within each cryptic species pair. Many of these were related to metabolic processes, probably accounting for physiological differences. Moreover, we identified candidate genes from five gene families involved in CHC biosynthesis. By assigning candidate transcripts to orthologs in Drosophila, we inferred which CHCs might be influenced by differential gene expression. Expression of these candidate genes was often mirrored in the CHC profiles. For example, Cr. levior A, which has longer CHCs than its cryptic sister species, had a higher expression of elongases and a lower expression of fatty acyl- CoA reductases. This study is one of the first to identify CHC candidate genes in ants and will provide a basis for further research on the genetic basis of CHC biosynthesis.	en_GB
dc.description.sponsorship	Open Access-Publizieren Universität Mainz / Universitätsmedizin Mainz	de
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	570 Biowissenschaften	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	570 Life sciences	en_GB
dc.title	Candidate genes involved in cuticular hydrocarbon differentiation between cryptic, parabiotic ant species	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-6489	-
jgu.type.dinitype	article	en_GB
jgu.type.version	Published version	de
jgu.type.resource	Text	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 10 Biologie	de
jgu.organisation.number	7970	-
jgu.organisation.name	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	-
jgu.rights.accessrights	openAccess	-
jgu.journal.title	G3: Genes, genomes, genetics	de
jgu.journal.volume	11	de
jgu.journal.issue	5	de
jgu.pages.alternative	jkab078	de
jgu.publisher.year	2021	-
jgu.publisher.name	Genetics Soc. of America	de
jgu.publisher.place	Pittsburgh, PA	de
jgu.publisher.uri	https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkab078	de
jgu.publisher.issn	2160-1836	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.subject.ddccode	570	de
jgu.publisher.doi	10.1093/g3journal/jkab078
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485
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