Achroia grisella

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i5K Comments for Achroia grisella
I am proposing Achroia grisella (Lepidoptera : Pyralidae) for the following reasons. 1) It is a worldwide pest of apiculture. 2) It is one of the few lepidopterans that use acoustic communication for long-range pair formation. 3) It has been the subject of numerous studies on the evolution of sexually-selected traits (male song, female response), and it is a key species for acoustic communication and genotype x environment interaction studies. 4) Linkage maps using AFLP and SNP markers have already been constructed for several populations for the purpose of QTL analyses of male song and female response traits.

The species is important as a pest of honeybees. In addition, it is one of few lepidopterans that use acoustic communication and has been studied extensively for sexual selection and lek formation. We have developed an EST library and a preliminary genetic map, which will aid in genome assembly. Thus far, there seems to be close synteny with Bombyx mori. We also have inbred lines which can provide genetic material for sequencing.

This is an addendum to our recent nomination of Achroia grisella.

1) An EST library has recently been developed for Achroia grisella (laboratory of Jennifer Gleason, Univ. Kansas). 2) Information from the above EST library and snp markers has shown considerable synteny between Achroia grisella and Bombyx mori. This synteny has allowed identification of the z chromosome in Achroia grisella linkage maps and QTLs.

3) cytology on Achroia grisella (laboratory of Rejane Streiff, CBGP, Montpellier, France) confirms 30 chromosomes (haploid number).		 Michael Greenfield
Jennifer Gleason

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Taxonomic classification
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Achroia
NCBI taxid: 485px-US-NLM-NCBI-Logo.png 688607
EOL taxid: eol logo grey.png 566007
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WorkingGroup: EcoGen-PopGen
Nomination: i5K initiative
Date: 2011/05/25


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 Supported by: 2 (List of supporters)






evolutionary genetics ; sexual selection

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