Role of nubbin in the development of forewing sound-producing structures in Acheta domesticus (house cricket)

IF 2.4 3区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ECOLOGY

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution Pub Date : 2024-07-12 DOI:10.3389/fevo.2024.1411228

Nataliya Turchyn, Aleksandar Popadić

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Abstract

Among insects, Orthoptera (crickets and grasshoppers) have evolved a set of highly specialized structures for acoustic communication, with males engaged in sound production and amplification (stridulation) and females in sound reception. These structures in males are located on their forewings, suggesting that some of the wing genes may have been co-opted for new roles in stridulation. As previous studies have identified nubbin (nub) as one of the key genes in the wing development network, we examined its function in the house cricket, Acheta domesticus. Our results show that nub regulates the overall size and venation of both fore- and hindwings in both sexes, consistent with its general role in wing development. Moreover, in males this gene is also involved in the development of sound resonators (primarily the harp, anal area, mirror, and chord). The distinct morphology of these structures is generated by either the activation (in the harp and anal area) or suppression (in the mirror and chord) of vein and cross-connection development in localized regions of the forewings. Finally, nub RNAi males do not stridulate, confirming that the observed changes in the morphology of resonators are functionally significant and responsible for the loss of sound production.

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萌点在家养蟋蟀前翅发声结构发育中的作用

在昆虫中，直翅目昆虫（蟋蟀和蚱蜢）进化出了一套高度特化的声学通讯结构，雄性参与声音的产生和放大（击弦），雌性参与声音的接收。雄性的这些结构位于它们的前翅上，这表明翅膀的一些基因可能已被用于在击弦中发挥新的作用。由于之前的研究发现 nubbin（nub）是翅膀发育网络中的关键基因之一，我们研究了它在家养蟋蟀（Acheta domesticus）中的功能。我们的研究结果表明，nub能调节雌雄蟋蟀前翅和后翅的整体大小和脉络，这与它在翅膀发育中的一般作用是一致的。此外，在雄性中，该基因还参与声音共鸣器（主要是竖琴、肛门区、镜子和和弦）的发育。这些结构的独特形态是通过激活（竖琴和肛区）或抑制（镜和弦）前翅局部区域的静脉和交叉连接发育而形成的。最后，nub RNAi 雄虫不会发出声音，这证实了所观察到的共鸣器形态变化具有重要的功能意义，是导致雄虫丧失发声能力的原因。

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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution Environmental Science-Ecology

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4.00

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6.70%

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1143

审稿时长

12 weeks

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