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Signals of adaptation to agricultural stress in the genomes of two European bumblebees

Human-induced environmental impacts on wildlife are widespread, causing major biodiversity losses. One major threat is agricultural intensification, typically characterised by large areas of monoculture, mechanical tillage, and the use of agrochemicals. Intensification leads to the fragmentation and...

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Autores principales: Hart, Alex F., Verbeeck, Jaro, Ariza, Daniel, Cejas, Diego, Ghisbain, Guillaume, Honchar, Hanna, Radchenko, Vladimir G., Straka, Jakub, Ljubomirov, Toshko, Lecocq, Thomas, Dániel-Ferreira, Juliana, Flaminio, Simone, Bortolotti, Laura, Karise, Reet, Meeus, Ivan, Smagghe, Guy, Vereecken, Nicolas, Vandamme, Peter, Michez, Denis, Maebe, Kevin
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9579324/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36276969
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.993416
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author Hart, Alex F.
Verbeeck, Jaro
Ariza, Daniel
Cejas, Diego
Ghisbain, Guillaume
Honchar, Hanna
Radchenko, Vladimir G.
Straka, Jakub
Ljubomirov, Toshko
Lecocq, Thomas
Dániel-Ferreira, Juliana
Flaminio, Simone
Bortolotti, Laura
Karise, Reet
Meeus, Ivan
Smagghe, Guy
Vereecken, Nicolas
Vandamme, Peter
Michez, Denis
Maebe, Kevin
author_facet Hart, Alex F.
Verbeeck, Jaro
Ariza, Daniel
Cejas, Diego
Ghisbain, Guillaume
Honchar, Hanna
Radchenko, Vladimir G.
Straka, Jakub
Ljubomirov, Toshko
Lecocq, Thomas
Dániel-Ferreira, Juliana
Flaminio, Simone
Bortolotti, Laura
Karise, Reet
Meeus, Ivan
Smagghe, Guy
Vereecken, Nicolas
Vandamme, Peter
Michez, Denis
Maebe, Kevin
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description Human-induced environmental impacts on wildlife are widespread, causing major biodiversity losses. One major threat is agricultural intensification, typically characterised by large areas of monoculture, mechanical tillage, and the use of agrochemicals. Intensification leads to the fragmentation and loss of natural habitats, native vegetation, and nesting and breeding sites. Understanding the adaptability of insects to these changing environmental conditions is critical to predicting their survival. Bumblebees, key pollinators of wild and cultivated plants, are used as model species to assess insect adaptation to anthropogenic stressors. We investigated the effects of agricultural pressures on two common European bumblebees, Bombus pascuorum and B. lapidarius. Restriction-site Associated DNA Sequencing was used to identify loci under selective pressure across agricultural-natural gradients over 97 locations in Europe. 191 unique loci in B. pascuorum and 260 in B. lapidarius were identified as under selective pressure, and associated with agricultural stressors. Further investigation suggested several candidate proteins including several neurodevelopment, muscle, and detoxification proteins, but these have yet to be validated. These results provide insights into agriculture as a stressor for bumblebees, and signal for conservation action in light of ongoing anthropogenic changes.
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spelling pubmed-95793242022-10-20 Signals of adaptation to agricultural stress in the genomes of two European bumblebees Hart, Alex F. Verbeeck, Jaro Ariza, Daniel Cejas, Diego Ghisbain, Guillaume Honchar, Hanna Radchenko, Vladimir G. Straka, Jakub Ljubomirov, Toshko Lecocq, Thomas Dániel-Ferreira, Juliana Flaminio, Simone Bortolotti, Laura Karise, Reet Meeus, Ivan Smagghe, Guy Vereecken, Nicolas Vandamme, Peter Michez, Denis Maebe, Kevin Front Genet Genetics Human-induced environmental impacts on wildlife are widespread, causing major biodiversity losses. One major threat is agricultural intensification, typically characterised by large areas of monoculture, mechanical tillage, and the use of agrochemicals. Intensification leads to the fragmentation and loss of natural habitats, native vegetation, and nesting and breeding sites. Understanding the adaptability of insects to these changing environmental conditions is critical to predicting their survival. Bumblebees, key pollinators of wild and cultivated plants, are used as model species to assess insect adaptation to anthropogenic stressors. We investigated the effects of agricultural pressures on two common European bumblebees, Bombus pascuorum and B. lapidarius. Restriction-site Associated DNA Sequencing was used to identify loci under selective pressure across agricultural-natural gradients over 97 locations in Europe. 191 unique loci in B. pascuorum and 260 in B. lapidarius were identified as under selective pressure, and associated with agricultural stressors. Further investigation suggested several candidate proteins including several neurodevelopment, muscle, and detoxification proteins, but these have yet to be validated. These results provide insights into agriculture as a stressor for bumblebees, and signal for conservation action in light of ongoing anthropogenic changes. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9579324/ /pubmed/36276969 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.993416 Text en Copyright © 2022 Hart, Verbeeck, Ariza, Cejas, Ghisbain, Honchar, Radchenko, Straka, Ljubomirov, Lecocq, Dániel-Ferreira, Flaminio, Bortolotti, Karise, Meeus, Smagghe, Vereecken, Vandamme, Michez and Maebe. 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.
spellingShingle Genetics
Hart, Alex F.
Verbeeck, Jaro
Ariza, Daniel
Cejas, Diego
Ghisbain, Guillaume
Honchar, Hanna
Radchenko, Vladimir G.
Straka, Jakub
Ljubomirov, Toshko
Lecocq, Thomas
Dániel-Ferreira, Juliana
Flaminio, Simone
Bortolotti, Laura
Karise, Reet
Meeus, Ivan
Smagghe, Guy
Vereecken, Nicolas
Vandamme, Peter
Michez, Denis
Maebe, Kevin
Signals of adaptation to agricultural stress in the genomes of two European bumblebees
title Signals of adaptation to agricultural stress in the genomes of two European bumblebees
title_full Signals of adaptation to agricultural stress in the genomes of two European bumblebees
title_fullStr Signals of adaptation to agricultural stress in the genomes of two European bumblebees
title_full_unstemmed Signals of adaptation to agricultural stress in the genomes of two European bumblebees
title_short Signals of adaptation to agricultural stress in the genomes of two European bumblebees
title_sort signals of adaptation to agricultural stress in the genomes of two european bumblebees
topic Genetics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9579324/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36276969
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.993416
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