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Signals of adaptation to agricultural stress in the genomes of two European bumblebees.
Hart, Alex F; Verbeeck, Jaro; Ariza, Daniel et al.
2022In Frontiers in Genetics, 13, p. 993416
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Keywords :
Anthropocene; Bombus; RADseq; agricultural intensification; bee decline; global change; population genomics; Molecular Medicine; Genetics; Genetics (clinical)
Abstract :
[en] Human-induced environmental impacts on wildlife are widespread, causing major biodiversity losses. One major threat is agricultural intensification, typically characterised by large areas of monoculture, mechanical tillage, and the use of agrochemicals. Intensification leads to the fragmentation and loss of natural habitats, native vegetation, and nesting and breeding sites. Understanding the adaptability of insects to these changing environmental conditions is critical to predicting their survival. Bumblebees, key pollinators of wild and cultivated plants, are used as model species to assess insect adaptation to anthropogenic stressors. We investigated the effects of agricultural pressures on two common European bumblebees, Bombus pascuorum and B. lapidarius. Restriction-site Associated DNA Sequencing was used to identify loci under selective pressure across agricultural-natural gradients over 97 locations in Europe. 191 unique loci in B. pascuorum and 260 in B. lapidarius were identified as under selective pressure, and associated with agricultural stressors. Further investigation suggested several candidate proteins including several neurodevelopment, muscle, and detoxification proteins, but these have yet to be validated. These results provide insights into agriculture as a stressor for bumblebees, and signal for conservation action in light of ongoing anthropogenic changes.
Disciplines :
Agriculture & agronomy
Entomology & pest control
Zoology
Author, co-author :
Hart, Alex F;  Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Plants and Crops, Lab of Agrozoology, Ghent, Belgium
Verbeeck, Jaro;  Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Plants and Crops, Lab of Agrozoology, Ghent, Belgium
Ariza, Daniel;  Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Plants and Crops, Lab of Agrozoology, Ghent, Belgium
Cejas, Diego;  Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium
Ghisbain, Guillaume  ;  Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté des Sciences > Service de Zoologie ; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Gamboa, Panama
Honchar, Hanna;  Institute for Evolutionary Ecology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Radchenko, Vladimir G;  Institute for Evolutionary Ecology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Straka, Jakub;  Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Zoology, Praha, Czech Republic
Ljubomirov, Toshko;  Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research-Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
Lecocq, Thomas;  Université de Lorraine, INRAE, URAFPA, Nancy, France
Dániel-Ferreira, Juliana;  Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Flaminio, Simone  ;  Université de Mons - UMONS ; Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, Bologna, Italy
Bortolotti, Laura;  Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, Bologna, Italy
Karise, Reet;  Estonian University of Life Sciences, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
Meeus, Ivan;  Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Plants and Crops, Lab of Agrozoology, Ghent, Belgium
Smagghe, Guy;  Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Plants and Crops, Lab of Agrozoology, Ghent, Belgium
Vereecken, Nicolas;  Agroecology Lab, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
Vandamme, Peter;  Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Michez, Denis  ;  Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté des Sciences > Service de Zoologie
Maebe, Kevin;  Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Plants and Crops, Lab of Agrozoology, Ghent, Belgium
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Language :
English
Title :
Signals of adaptation to agricultural stress in the genomes of two European bumblebees.
Publication date :
2022
Journal title :
Frontiers in Genetics
eISSN :
1664-8021
Publisher :
Frontiers Media S.A., Switzerland
Volume :
13
Pages :
993416
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Research unit :
S869 - Zoologie
Research institute :
R100 - Institut des Biosciences
Name of the research project :
3922 - EOS-Michez - CliPS - Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles
Funders :
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique
Funding number :
3G042618
Funding text :
This work was supported through funding from the Research Foundation—Flanders (FWO) as part of the FWO-research project [3G042618], and by the FWO and F.R.S.-FNRS under the Excellence of Science (EOS) programme for the project “Climate change and its impact on pollination services” (CLiPS, n°3094785). The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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