Mitogenome-based phylogeny of mosquitoes (Diptera : Culicidae)

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Mosquitoes are of great medical significance as vectors of many deadly diseases. Mitogenomes have been widely used in phylogenetic studies, but mitogenome knowledge within the family Culicidae is limited, and Culicidae phylogeny is far from resolved. In this study, we surveyed the mitogenomes of 149 Culicidae species, including 7 newly sequenced species. Comparative analysis of 149 mosquito mitogenomes shows gene composition and order to be identical to that of an ancestral insect, and the AT bias, length variation, and codon usage are all consistent with that of other reported Dipteran mitogenomes. Phylogenetic analyses based on the DNA sequences of the 13 protein-coding genes from the 149 species robustly support the monophyly of the subfamily Anophelinae and the tribes Aedini, Culicini, Mansoniini, Sabethini, and Toxorhynchitini. To resolve ambiguous relationships between clades within the subfamily Culicinae, we performed topological tests and show that Aedini is a sister to Culicini and that Uranotaeniini is a sister to (Mansoniini + (Toxorhynchitini + Sabethini)). In addition, we estimated divergence times using a Bayesian relaxation clock based on the sequence data and 3 fossil calibration points. The results show mosquitoes diverged during the Early Jurassic with massive Culicinae radiations during the Cretaceous, coincident with the emergence of angiosperms and the burst of mammals and birds. Overall, this study, which uses the largest number of Culicidae mitogenomes sequenced to date, comprehensively reveals the mitogenome characteristics and mitogenome-based phylogeny and divergence times of Culicidae, providing information for further studies on the mitogenome, phylogeny, evolution, and taxonomic revision of Culicidae.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Insect science - 31(2024), 2 vom: 12. Apr., Seite 599-612

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, De-Hong [VerfasserIn]
He, Shu-Lin [VerfasserIn]
Fu, Wen-Bo [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Zhen-Tian [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Yun-Jian [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Huan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ming-Bin [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Bin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Characterization
Culicidae
Evolution
Journal Article
Mitogenomes
Mosquitoes
Phylogeny

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Date Completed 12.04.2024

Date Revised 12.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/1744-7917.13251

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359895484