The genome of Tetranychus urticae reveals herbivorous pest adaptations

Miodrag Grbić (), Thomas Van Leeuwen, Richard M. Clark, Stephane Rombauts, Pierre Rouzé, Vojislava Grbić, Edward J. Osborne, Wannes Dermauw, Phuong Cao Thi Ngoc, Félix Ortego, Pedro Hernández-Crespo, Isabel Diaz, Manuel Martinez, Maria Navajas, Élio Sucena, Sara Magalhães, Lisa Nagy, Ryan M. Pace, Sergej Djuranović, Guy Smagghe, Masatoshi Iga, Olivier Christiaens, Jan A. Veenstra, John Ewer, Rodrigo Mancilla Villalobos, Jeffrey L. Hutter, Stephen D. Hudson, Marisela Velez, Soojin V. Yi, Jia Zeng, Andre Pires-daSilva, Fernando Roch, Marc Cazaux, Marie Navarro, Vladimir Zhurov, Gustavo Acevedo, Anica Bjelica, Jeffrey A. Fawcett, Eric Bonnet, Cindy Martens, Guy Baele, Lothar Wissler, Aminael Sanchez-Rodriguez, Luc Tirry, Catherine Blais, Kristof Demeestere, Stefan R. Henz, T. Ryan Gregory, Johannes Mathieu, Lou Verdon, Laurent Farinelli, Jeremy Schmutz, Erika Lindquist, René Feyereisen and Yves Van de Peer ()
Additional contact information
Miodrag Grbić: The University of Western Ontario, London N6A 5B7, Canada
Thomas Van Leeuwen: Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
Richard M. Clark: University of Utah
Stephane Rombauts: VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
Pierre Rouzé: VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
Vojislava Grbić: The University of Western Ontario, London N6A 5B7, Canada
Edward J. Osborne: University of Utah
Wannes Dermauw: Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
Phuong Cao Thi Ngoc: VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
Félix Ortego: Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Pedro Hernández-Crespo: Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Isabel Diaz: Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas,UPM-INIA, 28223 Madrid, Spain
Manuel Martinez: Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas,UPM-INIA, 28223 Madrid, Spain
Maria Navajas: INRA, UMR CBGP (INRA/IRD/Cirad/Montpellier SupAgro), Campus international de Baillarguet, 34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez, France
Élio Sucena: Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal
Sara Magalhães: Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Centro de Biologia Ambiental, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
Lisa Nagy: University of Arizona
Ryan M. Pace: University of Arizona
Sergej Djuranović: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Guy Smagghe: Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
Masatoshi Iga: Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
Olivier Christiaens: Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
Jan A. Veenstra: Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d’Aquitaine Université de Bordeaux 1, 33405 Talence, France
John Ewer: Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2360102, Chile
Rodrigo Mancilla Villalobos: Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2360102, Chile
Jeffrey L. Hutter: The University of Western Ontario, N6A 5B7 London, Canada
Stephen D. Hudson: The University of Western Ontario, N6A 5B7 London, Canada
Marisela Velez: Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica CSIC, Madrid, Spain; IMDEA Nanociencias, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, 28050 Madrid, Spain
Soojin V. Yi: School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology
Jia Zeng: School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology
Andre Pires-daSilva: University of Texas at Arlington
Fernando Roch: Universite de Toulouse, UPS, Centre de Biologie du Developpement, Universite Paul Sabatier, 31062 Toulouse, France; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 5547, Centre de Biologie du Developpement, 31062 Toulouse, France
Marc Cazaux: The University of Western Ontario, London N6A 5B7, Canada
Marie Navarro: The University of Western Ontario, London N6A 5B7, Canada
Vladimir Zhurov: The University of Western Ontario, London N6A 5B7, Canada
Gustavo Acevedo: The University of Western Ontario, London N6A 5B7, Canada
Anica Bjelica: The University of Western Ontario, London N6A 5B7, Canada
Jeffrey A. Fawcett: VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
Eric Bonnet: VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
Cindy Martens: VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
Guy Baele: VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
Lothar Wissler: Westfälische Wilhelms University, Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, Evolutionary Bioinformatics Group, Hüfferstrasse 1, D-48149 Münster, Germany
Aminael Sanchez-Rodriguez: CMPG, K.U. Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
Luc Tirry: Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
Catherine Blais: UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR CNRS 7622, Equipe Biogenèse des signaux hormonaux, Case 29, 75005 Paris, France
Kristof Demeestere: Research Group EnVOC, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
Stefan R. Henz: Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
T. Ryan Gregory: University of Guelph, N1G 2W1 Guelph, Canada
Johannes Mathieu: Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
Lou Verdon: Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, N5V 4T3 London, Canada
Laurent Farinelli: Fasteris SA, CH-1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland
Jeremy Schmutz: HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology Huntsville, Alabama 35806, USA
Erika Lindquist: DOE Joint Genome Institute
René Feyereisen: UMR 1301, INRA, CNRS and Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, 06903 Sophia Antipolis, France
Yves Van de Peer: VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium

Nature, 2011, vol. 479, issue 7374, 487-492

Abstract: Abstract The spider mite Tetranychus urticae is a cosmopolitan agricultural pest with an extensive host plant range and an extreme record of pesticide resistance. Here we present the completely sequenced and annotated spider mite genome, representing the first complete chelicerate genome. At 90 megabases T. urticae has the smallest sequenced arthropod genome. Compared with other arthropods, the spider mite genome shows unique changes in the hormonal environment and organization of the Hox complex, and also reveals evolutionary innovation of silk production. We find strong signatures of polyphagy and detoxification in gene families associated with feeding on different hosts and in new gene families acquired by lateral gene transfer. Deep transcriptome analysis of mites feeding on different plants shows how this pest responds to a changing host environment. The T. urticae genome thus offers new insights into arthropod evolution and plant–herbivore interactions, and provides unique opportunities for developing novel plant protection strategies.

Date: 2011
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (3)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature10640 Abstract (text/html)
Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:nat:nature:v:479:y:2011:i:7374:d:10.1038_nature10640

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
https://www.nature.com/

DOI: 10.1038/nature10640

Access Statistics for this article

Nature is currently edited by Magdalena Skipper

More articles in Nature from Nature
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().