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Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) as a bridge between ecology and evolutionary genomics

Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) present an unparalleled insect model to integrate evolutionary genomics with ecology for the study of insect evolution. Key features of Odonata include their ancient phylogenetic position, extensive phenotypic and ecological diversity, several unique evolutionar...

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Autores principales: Bybee, Seth, Córdoba-Aguilar, Alex, Duryea, M. Catherine, Futahashi, Ryo, Hansson, Bengt, Lorenzo-Carballa, M. Olalla, Schilder, Ruud, Stoks, Robby, Suvorov, Anton, Svensson, Erik I., Swaegers, Janne, Takahashi, Yuma, Watts, Phillip C., Wellenreuther, Maren
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5057408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27766110
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-016-0176-7
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author Bybee, Seth
Córdoba-Aguilar, Alex
Duryea, M. Catherine
Futahashi, Ryo
Hansson, Bengt
Lorenzo-Carballa, M. Olalla
Schilder, Ruud
Stoks, Robby
Suvorov, Anton
Svensson, Erik I.
Swaegers, Janne
Takahashi, Yuma
Watts, Phillip C.
Wellenreuther, Maren
author_facet Bybee, Seth
Córdoba-Aguilar, Alex
Duryea, M. Catherine
Futahashi, Ryo
Hansson, Bengt
Lorenzo-Carballa, M. Olalla
Schilder, Ruud
Stoks, Robby
Suvorov, Anton
Svensson, Erik I.
Swaegers, Janne
Takahashi, Yuma
Watts, Phillip C.
Wellenreuther, Maren
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description Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) present an unparalleled insect model to integrate evolutionary genomics with ecology for the study of insect evolution. Key features of Odonata include their ancient phylogenetic position, extensive phenotypic and ecological diversity, several unique evolutionary innovations, ease of study in the wild and usefulness as bioindicators for freshwater ecosystems worldwide. In this review, we synthesize studies on the evolution, ecology and physiology of odonates, highlighting those areas where the integration of ecology with genomics would yield significant insights into the evolutionary processes that would not be gained easily by working on other animal groups. We argue that the unique features of this group combined with their complex life cycle, flight behaviour, diversity in ecological niches and their sensitivity to anthropogenic change make odonates a promising and fruitful taxon for genomics focused research. Future areas of research that deserve increased attention are also briefly outlined.
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spelling pubmed-50574082016-10-20 Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) as a bridge between ecology and evolutionary genomics Bybee, Seth Córdoba-Aguilar, Alex Duryea, M. Catherine Futahashi, Ryo Hansson, Bengt Lorenzo-Carballa, M. Olalla Schilder, Ruud Stoks, Robby Suvorov, Anton Svensson, Erik I. Swaegers, Janne Takahashi, Yuma Watts, Phillip C. Wellenreuther, Maren Front Zool Review Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) present an unparalleled insect model to integrate evolutionary genomics with ecology for the study of insect evolution. Key features of Odonata include their ancient phylogenetic position, extensive phenotypic and ecological diversity, several unique evolutionary innovations, ease of study in the wild and usefulness as bioindicators for freshwater ecosystems worldwide. In this review, we synthesize studies on the evolution, ecology and physiology of odonates, highlighting those areas where the integration of ecology with genomics would yield significant insights into the evolutionary processes that would not be gained easily by working on other animal groups. We argue that the unique features of this group combined with their complex life cycle, flight behaviour, diversity in ecological niches and their sensitivity to anthropogenic change make odonates a promising and fruitful taxon for genomics focused research. Future areas of research that deserve increased attention are also briefly outlined. BioMed Central 2016-10-10 /pmc/articles/PMC5057408/ /pubmed/27766110 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-016-0176-7 Text en © The Author(s). 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Bybee, Seth
Córdoba-Aguilar, Alex
Duryea, M. Catherine
Futahashi, Ryo
Hansson, Bengt
Lorenzo-Carballa, M. Olalla
Schilder, Ruud
Stoks, Robby
Suvorov, Anton
Svensson, Erik I.
Swaegers, Janne
Takahashi, Yuma
Watts, Phillip C.
Wellenreuther, Maren
Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) as a bridge between ecology and evolutionary genomics
title Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) as a bridge between ecology and evolutionary genomics
title_full Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) as a bridge between ecology and evolutionary genomics
title_fullStr Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) as a bridge between ecology and evolutionary genomics
title_full_unstemmed Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) as a bridge between ecology and evolutionary genomics
title_short Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) as a bridge between ecology and evolutionary genomics
title_sort odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) as a bridge between ecology and evolutionary genomics
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5057408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27766110
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-016-0176-7
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