Phylogenomics and Morphology of the Hemipteroid Insect Orders

半翅目昆虫的系统发育学和形态学

• 批准号: 1239788
• 负责人: Kevin Johnson
• 金额: $ 250万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1239788&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Phylogenomics; Morphology; Hemipteroid; Insect; Orders

More than half of all known species are insects. The hemipteroid insects, which include true bugs, leafhoppers, aphids, thrips, and parasitic lice, comprise over 120,000 described species, about 12% of insect diversity. This group of insects contains many species of crop pests as well as human disease vectors. The goals of this project are to understand the family tree of relationships for the hemipteroids by sampling 170 target species covering the diversity of this group. Data for analysis will include over 1000 genes sequenced from complete genomes and a large morphological data set of over 300 characters.This project is scientifically important because there is little consensus regarding the family level taxonomic relationships of this group of insects. The large amount of data collected in the course of this project should conclusively solve this problem. The findings will also have considerable broader significance. For example, data from the genomes of these insects may reveal new strategies for control of the crop pest insects included in the study. This project will also include training for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as post-doctoral researchers. Public outreach activities will include a Tree of Life display for a Mobile Science Center and Bug ID cards.

超过一半的已知物种是昆虫。半类昆虫，包括真正的昆虫、叶蝉、蚜虫、蓟马和寄生虱子，包括超过12万种已描述的物种，约占昆虫多样性的12%。这类昆虫含有多种作物害虫以及人类疾病媒介。该项目的目标是通过对涵盖这一群体多样性的170个目标物种进行抽样，了解半拟虫的关系家谱。用于分析的数据将包括从完整基因组中测序的1000多个基因和300多个字符的大型形态学数据集。这个项目在科学上是重要的，因为关于这类昆虫的科级分类关系几乎没有共识。在这个项目的过程中收集到的大量数据应该可以最终解决这个问题。这些发现还将具有相当广泛的意义。例如，来自这些昆虫基因组的数据可能揭示控制研究中包括的作物害虫的新策略。该项目还将包括本科生和研究生以及博士后研究人员的培训。公众外展活动将包括移动科学中心的生命之树展示和Bug ID卡。