Allonemobius socius
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Allonemobius socius |
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Southern ground cricket
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| Taxonomic classification | |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Family: | Gryllidae |
| Genus: | Allonemobius |
| NCBI taxid: |  208665
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| EOL taxid: |  598706
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| Research interest: | speciation, life-history evolution, reproductive physiology |
| WorkingGroup: | EcoGen-PopGen |
| Nomination: | i5K initiative |
| Date: | 2011/07/21 |
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i5K Arthropod Sequencing Initiative Supported by: 20 (List of supporters) |
Why sequence the Allonemobius genome?
(1) 127 publications since 1980 (a well-studied non-model insect)
(2) >3,700 citations from these publications (data from Google Scholar)
(3) Used to study ...
i. Evolutionary Biology (77 publications)
ii. Ecology (50 publications)
iii. Evolutionary Genetics (42 publications)
iv. Physiology (40 publications)
v. Behavior (38 publications)
(4) A model for rapid evolution of new species and postmating, prezygotic
isolation
(5) Several genomic tools already in place including ...
i. RNAi has been done successfully
ii. EST libraries (based on 454 sequencing) for ...
a. Female reproductive tract (168,690 sequences)
b. Male testis (144,416 sequences)
c. Male ACG (37,521 sequences)
iii. Several linkage maps have been generated
(6) Significant NSF funding since the early 1980s
For more detail, see [www.k-state.edu/cricketlab/Marshall_Lab_Page/Research.html ][www.k-state.edu/cricketlab/Marshall_Lab_Page/Research.html]
