10.5061/DRYAD.1N6S9
Zhang, Junxia
University of California, Riverside
Gordon, Eric R. L.
University of California, Riverside
Forthman, Michael
University of California, Riverside
Hwang, Wei Song
National University of Singapore
Walden, Kim
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Swanson, Daniel R.
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Johnson, Kevin P.
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Meier, Rudolf
National University of Singapore
Weirauch, Christiane
University of California, Riverside
Data from: Evolution of the assassin’s arms: insights from a phylogeny of
combined transcriptomic and ribosomal DNA data (Heteroptera: Reduvioidea)
Dryad
dataset
2016
Reduvioidea
Reduviidae
2016-12-09T00:00:00Z
2016-12-09T00:00:00Z
en
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep22177
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Assassin bugs (Reduvioidea) are one of the most diverse (>7,000
spp.) lineages of predatory animals and have evolved an astounding
diversity of raptorial leg modifications for handling prey. The evolution
of these modifications is not well understood due to the lack of a robust
phylogeny, especially at deeper nodes. We here utilize refined data from
transcriptomes (370 loci) to stabilize the backbone phylogeny of
Reduvioidea, revealing the position of major clades (e.g., the Chagas
disease vectors Triatominae). Analyses combining transcriptomic and
Sanger-sequencing datasets result in the first well-resolved phylogeny of
Reduvioidea. Despite amounts of missing data, the transcriptomic loci
resolve deeper nodes while the targeted ribosomal genes anchor taxa at
shallower nodes, both with high support. This phylogeny reveals patterns
of raptorial leg evolution across major leg types. Hairy attachment
structures (fossula spongiosa), present in the ancestor of Reduvioidea,
were lost multiple times within the clade. In contrast to prior
hypotheses, this loss is not directly correlated with the evolution of
alternative raptorial leg types. Our results suggest that prey type,
predatory behavior, salivary toxicity, and morphological adaptations pose
intricate and interrelated factors influencing the evolution of this
diverse group of predators.
Taxon NamesFull descriptions of taxon names matched to abbreviations used
in figuresZhang et al.TaxonNames.txtPartitioning scheme (transcriptomes;
23 taxa)Partitioning scheme for 370genes and 23 taxa datasetZhang et
al.370genes_23taxa_partition.txtAlignment file (transcriptomes; 23
taxa)Phylip alignment file for transcriptome dataset of 370 genes and 23
taxa.Zhang et al.370genes_23taxa.phyPartitioning scheme (ribosomal; 52
taxa)Partitioning scheme for 3 gene ribosomal dataset of 52 taxa.Zhang et
al.Ribosomal_52taxa_partition.txtAlignment file (ribosomal; 52 taxa)Phylip
alignment file of 3 gene ribosomal dataset for 52 taxaZhang et
al.Ribosomal_52taxa.phyPartitioning scheme (combined; 52 taxa)Partitioning
scheme for combined datasetZhang et
al.TranscriptomeAndRibosomal_52taxa_partition.txtAlignment file (combined;
52 taxa)Phylip alignment file for combined dataset of 52 taxaZhang et
al.TranscriptomeAndRibosomal_52taxa.phyBootstrap Trees for each gene for
STARZip file of 370 rooted bootstrap gene trees. Each file contains 100
bootstrap replicates of each gene. Gene ID's in file names correspond
to those listed Gene regions file which correspond to positions in the
Phylip file.Zhang et al.370genes_BootstrapTreesForSTAR_rooted.zipGeneID
and partition in alignmentThe make up of the concatenated alignment file
by Gene ID (as in STAR gene trees).Zhang et al.GeneRegions.txt