Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of <i>Tapinoma melanocephalum</i> (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Du, Yu‐Zhou; Song, Xiang; Yu, Hai‐Zhong; Lu, Zhanjun

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1674205

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“…The COI gene was extracted from the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of T . melanocephalum to use as an outgroup for both analyses (Du et al, 2019). Additionally, sequence divergence was compared within and between habitats and populations of T .…”

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Consistent signatures of urban adaptation in a native, urban invader ant Tapinoma sessile

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Biological invasions are becoming more prevalent due to the rise of global trade and expansion of urban areas. Ants are among the most prolific invaders with many exhibiting a multiqueen colony structure, dependent colony foundation and reduced internest aggression. Although these characteristics are generally associated with the invasions of exotic ants, they may also facilitate the spread of native ants into novel habitats. Native to diverse habitats across North America, the odorous house ant Tapinoma sessile has become abundant in urban environments throughout the United States. Natural colonies typically have a small workforce, inhabit a single nest, and are headed by a single queen, whereas urban colonies tend to be several orders of magnitude larger, inhabit multiple nests (i.e., polydomy) and are headed by multiple queens (i.e., polygyny). Here, we explore and compare the population genetic and breeding structure of T. sessile within and between urban and natural environments in several localities across its distribution range. We found the social structure of a colony to be a plastic trait in both habitats, although extreme polygyny was confined to urban habitats. Additionally, polydomous colonies were only present in urban habitats, suggesting T. sessile can only achieve supercoloniality within urbanized areas. Finally, we identified strong differentiation between urban and natural populations in each locality and continent‐wide, indicating cities may restrict gene flow and exert intense selection pressure. Overall, our study highlights urbanization's influence in charting the evolutionary course for species.

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Consistent signatures of urban adaptation in a native, urban invader ant Tapinoma sessile

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“…All PCGs started with standard ATN codons for translation initiation (six ATG, three ATT, three ATA, and one ATC). All PCGs ended with the TAA stop codon, whereas in T. melanocephalum and T. sessile , incomplete stop codons were present ( Table S1 ), as well as in other Dolichoderinae mitogenomes [ 29 , 32 ]. These incomplete stop codons (TA or T) are generated when the coding sequence ends within the 5′-end of the adjacent tRNA.…”

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“…The following are available online at , Table S1: Annotation of the mitogenomes of Tapinoma melanocephalum and Tapinoma sessile ; Table S2: Annotation of the mitogenomes of Dolichoderus lamellosus and Dolichoderus pustullatus ; Table S3: Annotation of the mitogenome of Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus ; Table S4: Gene order in Formicidae regarding the QMI- nad2 -WCY cluster of the ancestral insect-pancrustaceus mitogenome. References [ 15 , 16 , 20 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 34 , 35 , 40 , 41 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 ] are cited in the supplementary materials.…”

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Complete Nucleotide Sequence of the Mitogenome of Tapinoma ibericum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae), Gene Organization and Phylogenetics Implications for the Dolichoderinae Subfamily

Ruiz-Mena

Mora

Montiel

et al. 2022

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The ant Tapinoma ibericum Santschi, 1925 is native to the Iberian Peninsula. This species, as well as other species from the Tapinoma nigerrimum complex, could form supercolonies that make these species potentially invasive and could give rise to pests. Recently a mature colony from this species has been found in the Isle of Wight (United Kingdom). Mitogenomes have been used to study the taxonomy, biogeography and genetics of species, improving the development of strategies against pest invasion. However, the number of available mitogenomes from the subfamily Dolichoderinae is still scarce and only two of these mitogenomes belong to Tapinoma species. Herein, the complete mitogenome of T. ibericum is presented in order to increase the molecular information of the genus. The T. ibericum mitogenome, retrieved by Next-Generation Sequencing data, is 15,715 bp in length. It contains the typical set of 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNAs and the A + T-rich control region. Comparisons of the T. ibericum mitogenome with other dolichoderine mitogenomes revealed the existence of four gene rearrangements in relation with the ancestral insect mitogenome. One of these rearrangements, involving the tRNA-Ile, tRNA-Gln and tRNA-Met genes, was found in most of the analyzed ant mitogenomes. Probably this rearrangement was an ancestral or plesiomorphic character in Formicidae. Interestingly, another rearrangement that affects to tRNA-Trp, tRNA-Cys and tRNA-Tyr genes was found only in Tapinoma species. This change could be a synapomorphic character for the genus Tapinoma, and could be used as a phylogenetic marker. Additionally, a phylogenetic analysis was performed using the protein-coding gene sequences from available Dolichoderinae mitogenomes, as well as mitogenomes from representative species from other Formicidae subfamilies. Results support the monophyletic nature of the genus Tapinoma placing it within the same clade as the rest of Dolichoderinae species.

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“…The mitochondrial network was produced via the median-joining method (Röhl, Bandelt, & Forster, 1999) implemented in POPART (Leigh & Bryant, 2015). The COI gene was extracted from the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of T. melanocephalum to use as an outgroup for both analyses (Du, Song, Yu, & Lu, 2019). Additionally, sequence divergence was compared within and between habitats and populations of T. sessile using the Kimura 2-parameter model (Kimura, 1980) in MEGA v. 10.2.2 (Kumar, Stecher, Li, Knyaz, & Tamura, 2018;Tamura et al, 2011).…”

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Consistent signatures of urban adaptation in a native, urban invader ant Tapinoma sessile

Blumenfeld

Eyer

Helms

et al. 2021

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Biological invasions are becoming more prevalent due to the rise of global trade and expansion of urban areas. Ants are among the most prolific invaders, with many exhibiting a multi-queen colony structure, dispersal through budding and a lack of inter-nest aggression. Although these characteristics are generally associated with the invasions of exotic ants, they may also facilitate the spread of native ants into novel habitats (e.g., urban areas). Native to North American forests, the odorous house ant Tapinoma sessile has become abundant in urban environments throughout the United States. Forest-dwelling colonies typically have a small workforce, inhabit a single nest, and are headed by a single queen, whereas urban colonies tend to be several orders of magnitude larger, inhabit multiple nests and are headed by multiple queens. Here, we explore and compare the population genetic and breeding structure of T. sessile within and between urban and natural environments in several localities across its distribution range. We found the social structure of a colony to be a plastic trait in both habitats, although extreme polygyny (i.e., nests with multiple queens) was confined to urban habitats. Additionally, polydomous colonies (i.e., nests lacking genetic differentiation and behavioral antagonism) were only present in urban habitats, suggesting T. sessile can only achieve unicoloniality within urbanized areas. Finally, we identified strong differentiation between urban and natural populations in each locality and continent-wide, indicating cities may restrict gene flow and exert intense selection pressure. Overall, our study highlights urbanization's influence in charting the evolutionary course for species.

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Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Tapinoma melanocephalum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Cited by 6 publications

References 9 publications

Consistent signatures of urban adaptation in a native, urban invader ant Tapinoma sessile

Consistent signatures of urban adaptation in a native, urban invader ant Tapinoma sessile

Complete Nucleotide Sequence of the Mitogenome of Tapinoma ibericum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae), Gene Organization and Phylogenetics Implications for the Dolichoderinae Subfamily

Consistent signatures of urban adaptation in a native, urban invader ant Tapinoma sessile

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