Genomic signatures underlying the oogenesis of the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor on its new host Apis mellifera.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Host shift of parasites may have devastating effects on the novel hosts. One remarkable example is that of the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor, which has shifted its host from Eastern honey bees (Apis cerana) to Western honey bees (Apis mellifera) and posed a global threat to apiculture.

Objectives

To identify the genetic factors underlying the reproduction of host-shifted V. destructor on the new host.

Methods

Genome sequencing was conducted to construct the phylogeny of the host-shifted and non-shifted mites and to screen for genomic signatures that differentiated them. Artificial infestation experiment was conducted to compare the reproductive difference between the mites, and transcriptome sequencing was conducted to find differentially expressed

SUBMITTER: Zheng H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9936524 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature