Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS UMR 5242, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46, allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France.
Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS UMR 5242, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46, allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France.
Curr Opin Insect Sci. 2022 Apr;50:100870. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2021.12.010. Epub 2022 Jan 3.
Gerromorpha, also known as semi-aquatic bugs, present the striking capability to walk on water surface, which has long attracted the interest of many scientists. Yet our understanding of the mechanisms associated with their adaptation and diversification within this new habitat remain largely unknown. In this review we discuss how new transcriptomic and genomic resources have contributed to establish the Gerromorpha as an important lineage to study phenotypic evolution. In particular we outline the impact of recent comparative transcriptomic analyses and first published genomes to advance our understanding of genomic basis of adaptations to water surface locomotion and sexual dimorphism.
Gerromorpha，也被称为半水生昆虫，具有在水面上行走的惊人能力，这长期以来吸引了许多科学家的兴趣。然而，我们对于它们在这个新栖息地中的适应和多样化相关机制的理解在很大程度上仍然未知。在这篇综述中，我们讨论了新的转录组学和基因组资源如何有助于确立 Gerromorpha 作为研究表型进化的一个重要谱系。特别是，我们概述了最近的比较转录组分析和首次发表的基因组对我们理解适应水面运动和性二型性的基因组基础的影响。
