2021 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
The evolutionary origin of symbiotic mosaics in mealybugs
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20K22672
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| Research Institution | Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University |
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Principal Investigator |
HUSNIK Filip 沖縄科学技術大学院大学, 進化・細胞・共生の生物学ユニット, 准教授 (30886130)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-09-11 – 2022-03-31
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| Keywords | symbiosis / evolution / insects / bacteria / microbiology / mealybugs / genomics |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Over 15 metagenomes of mealybugs were sequenced, genomes of symbiotic bacteria were extracted, and analyzed with comparative genomics and phylogenomics methods. Draft genomes of the insect hosts were analyzed for specific pathways and genes of interest. Confocal microscopy was used to localize the symbionts. The project allowed us to fully reconstruct the evolution of symbioses within Pseudococcidae.
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Research Products
(5 results)
