Genome size and ploidy of Thysanoptera

Flow cytometry was used to study the genome sizes and ploidy levels for four thrips species: Franklinothrips orizabensis Johansen (Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae), Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande, Frankliniella fusca Hinds, and Thrips tabaci Lindeman (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). F. orizabensis males...

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Published in:Insect molecular biology 2013-02, Vol.22 (1), p.12-17
Main Authors: Jacobson, A. L., Johnston, J. S., Rotenberg, D., Whitfield, A. E., Booth, W., Vargo, E. L., Kennedy, G. G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Female
flow cytometry
Flow Cytometry - methods
Genome Size
Genome, Insect
Male
North Carolina
Parthenogenesis
Ploidies
polyploidy
Thysanoptera
Thysanoptera - genetics
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Summary:Flow cytometry was used to study the genome sizes and ploidy levels for four thrips species: Franklinothrips orizabensis Johansen (Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae), Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande, Frankliniella fusca Hinds, and Thrips tabaci Lindeman (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). F. orizabensis males and females had 1C genome sizes of 426 Mb and 422 Mb, respectively. Male and female F. fusca had 1C genome sizes of 392 Mb and 409 Mb, whereas F. occidentalis males and females had smaller 1C genomes that were 345 Mb and 337 Mb, respectively. Male F. orizabensis, F. occidentalis and F. fusca were haploid and females diploid. Five isofemale lines of T. tabaci, initiated from parthenogenetic, thelytokous females and collected from different locations in North Carolina, were included in this study; no males were available. One isofemale line was diploid with a genome size of 1C = 310 Mb, and the other four had a mean genome size of 1C = 482 Mb, which is consistent with evidence from microsatellite data of diploidy and polyploidy, respectively, in these same five thelytokous lines. This is the first study to produce genome size estimates for thysanopteran species, and report polyploidy in T. tabaci populations.
ISSN:0962-1075
1365-2583
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2583.2012.01165.x