Genomic exaptation enables Lasius niger adaptation to urban environments
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- 作者：Evgenii A. Konorov ; Mikhail A. Nikitin ; Kirill V Mikhailov…
- 关键词：Lasius niger ; Urban environment ; Draft genome ; Transposable element ; Detoxification ; Directional selection
- 刊名：BMC Evolutionary Biology
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：February 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：17
- 期：1-supp
- 全文大小：3155KB
- 刊物主题：Evolutionary Biology; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/ Biogeography; Entomology; Genetics and Population Dynamics; Life Sciences, general;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1471-2148
- 卷排序：17
文摘
BackgroundThe world is rapidly urbanizing, and only a subset of species are able to succeed in stressful city environments. Efficient genome-enabled stress response appears to be a likely prerequisite for urban adaptation. Despite the important role ants play in the ecosytem, only the genomes of ~13 have been sequenced so far. Here, we present the draft genome assembly of the black garden ant Lasius niger – the most successful urban inhabitant of all ants – and we compare it with the genomes of other ant species, including the closely related Camponotus floridanus.