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Whitefly Network Analysis Reveals Gene Modules Involved in Host Plant Selection, Development and Evolution

Whiteflies are Hemipterans that typically feed on the undersides of plant leaves. They cause severe damage by direct feeding as well as transmitting plant viruses to a wide range of plants. However, it remains largely unknown which genes play a key role in development and host selection. In this stu...

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Autores principales: Tian, Jiahui, Zhan, Haixia, Dewer, Youssef, Zhang, Biyun, Qu, Cheng, Luo, Chen, Li, Fengqi, Yang, Shiyong
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8076899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33927643
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.656649
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author Tian, Jiahui
Zhan, Haixia
Dewer, Youssef
Zhang, Biyun
Qu, Cheng
Luo, Chen
Li, Fengqi
Yang, Shiyong
author_facet Tian, Jiahui
Zhan, Haixia
Dewer, Youssef
Zhang, Biyun
Qu, Cheng
Luo, Chen
Li, Fengqi
Yang, Shiyong
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description Whiteflies are Hemipterans that typically feed on the undersides of plant leaves. They cause severe damage by direct feeding as well as transmitting plant viruses to a wide range of plants. However, it remains largely unknown which genes play a key role in development and host selection. In this study, weighted gene co-expression network analysis was applied to construct gene co-expression networks in whitefly. Nineteen gene co-expression modules were detected from 15560 expressed genes of whitefly. Combined with the transcriptome data of salivary glands and midgut, we identified three gene co-expression modules related to host plant selection. These three modules contain genes related to host-plant recognition, such as detoxification genes, chemosensory genes and some salivary gland-associated genes. Results of Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes analyses elucidated the following pathways involved in these modules: lysosome, metabolic and detoxification pathways. The modules related to the development contain two co-expression modules; moreover, the genes were annotated to the development of chitin-based cuticle. This analysis provides a basis for future functional analysis of genes involved in host-plant recognition.
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spelling pubmed-80768992021-04-28 Whitefly Network Analysis Reveals Gene Modules Involved in Host Plant Selection, Development and Evolution Tian, Jiahui Zhan, Haixia Dewer, Youssef Zhang, Biyun Qu, Cheng Luo, Chen Li, Fengqi Yang, Shiyong Front Physiol Physiology Whiteflies are Hemipterans that typically feed on the undersides of plant leaves. They cause severe damage by direct feeding as well as transmitting plant viruses to a wide range of plants. However, it remains largely unknown which genes play a key role in development and host selection. In this study, weighted gene co-expression network analysis was applied to construct gene co-expression networks in whitefly. Nineteen gene co-expression modules were detected from 15560 expressed genes of whitefly. Combined with the transcriptome data of salivary glands and midgut, we identified three gene co-expression modules related to host plant selection. These three modules contain genes related to host-plant recognition, such as detoxification genes, chemosensory genes and some salivary gland-associated genes. Results of Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes analyses elucidated the following pathways involved in these modules: lysosome, metabolic and detoxification pathways. The modules related to the development contain two co-expression modules; moreover, the genes were annotated to the development of chitin-based cuticle. This analysis provides a basis for future functional analysis of genes involved in host-plant recognition. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8076899/ /pubmed/33927643 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.656649 Text en Copyright © 2021 Tian, Zhan, Dewer, Zhang, Qu, Luo, Li and Yang. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Tian, Jiahui
Zhan, Haixia
Dewer, Youssef
Zhang, Biyun
Qu, Cheng
Luo, Chen
Li, Fengqi
Yang, Shiyong
Whitefly Network Analysis Reveals Gene Modules Involved in Host Plant Selection, Development and Evolution
title Whitefly Network Analysis Reveals Gene Modules Involved in Host Plant Selection, Development and Evolution
title_full Whitefly Network Analysis Reveals Gene Modules Involved in Host Plant Selection, Development and Evolution
title_fullStr Whitefly Network Analysis Reveals Gene Modules Involved in Host Plant Selection, Development and Evolution
title_full_unstemmed Whitefly Network Analysis Reveals Gene Modules Involved in Host Plant Selection, Development and Evolution
title_short Whitefly Network Analysis Reveals Gene Modules Involved in Host Plant Selection, Development and Evolution
title_sort whitefly network analysis reveals gene modules involved in host plant selection, development and evolution
topic Physiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8076899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33927643
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.656649
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