Genome Size Variation of Chagas Disease Vectors of the Rhodniini Tribe

Marie Merle Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, IRD, UMR EGCE, Evolution, Génomes, Comportement et Ecologie, Gif-sur-Yvette, France;

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Jonathan Filée Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, IRD, UMR EGCE, Evolution, Génomes, Comportement et Ecologie, Gif-sur-Yvette, France;

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Jader de Oliveira Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, São Paulo, Brazil;
São Paulo State University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Araraquara, São Paul, Brazil;

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Carlos Eduardo Almeida University of Campinas–UNICAMP, São Paulo, Brazil;

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Florence Mougel Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, IRD, UMR EGCE, Evolution, Génomes, Comportement et Ecologie, Gif-sur-Yvette, France;

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Héloïse Bastide Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, IRD, UMR EGCE, Evolution, Génomes, Comportement et Ecologie, Gif-sur-Yvette, France;

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ABSTRACT.

The genome size of five Rhodnius species (R. milesi, R. nasutus, R. neivai, R. prolixus, and R. robustus) and two Psammolestes species (P. coroedes and P. tertius) were estimated using flow cytometry and/or k-mer distributions in genome sequences. Phylogenetic generalized linear mixed models highlighted significant genome size variations among species and between sexes, with R. prolixus showing the largest genome. In this study we provide the first data on female genome size in Triatominae. For five species, female genome size did not differ from males, except for R. robustus, where females had smaller genomes. Genome size estimations based on the k-mer distribution method were less than those estimated from flow cytometry, but both methods exhibited the same pattern of sexual differences. Further genomic studies are needed to infer whether genome size variation could be an adaptive trait in Rhodnius.

Author Notes

Address correspondence to Myriam Harry, UMR EGCE (Evolution, Génomes, Comportement et Ecologie), Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, IRD, Site IDEEV (Institut de Diversité, Evolution et Ecologie du vivant), 12 route 128, Gif-sur-Yvette, cedex, France. E-mail: myriam.harry@universite-paris-saclay.fr

These authors contributed equally to this work.

Financial support: The project received support from : the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Brazil with a fellows (C.E.A. ) de Produtividade nível 2 (PQ-2), process 307 398/2018-8, Material Transfert Agreement (MTA) No 07/2018; the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPSEP), Brazil, Project number 2017/50329-0; the Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa do Estado da Paraíba, Brazil, Processo FAPESQ 47896.673.31653.11082021; the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France, Sprint project No 2017/50329-0.

Authors’ addresses: Marie Merle, Jonathan Filée, Florence Mougel, Héloïse Bastide, and Myriam Harry, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, IRD, UMR EGCE, Evolution, Génomes, Comportement et Ecologie, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, E-mails: marie.merle@universite-paris-saclay.fr, marie.merle@universite-paris-saclay.fr, jonathan.filee@universite-paris-saclay.fr, florence.mougel-imbert@universite-paris-saclay.fr, heloise.bastide@universite-paris-saclay.fr, and myriam.harry@universite-paris-saclay.fr. Jader de Oliveira, Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, São Paulo, Brazil, and São Paulo State University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Araraquara, São Paul, Salvador (BA), Brazil, E-mail: jdr.oliveira@hotmail.com. Carlos Eduardo Almeida, University of Campinas–UNICAMP, São Paulo, Brazil, current address: Universidade Federal da Bahia–Salvador, Campus Ondina, E-mail: almeida_ce@hotmail.com. João Aristeu da Rosa, São Paulo State University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Araraquara, São Paul, Brazil, E-mail: joaoaristeu@gmail.com. Marc Girondot, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, AgroParisTech, UMR ESE, Ecologie Systématique et Evolution, Orsay, France, E-mail: marc.girondot@universite-paris-saclay.fr.

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