Antipaluria urichi

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Nai-wei Chiang


i5K Comments for Antipaluria urichi
This is a silk-spinning insect that has attracted more attention in recent years because of the unique aspects of its silk as well as their unusual behavior. Embiopterans are in a small, unique order; they are an ancient lineage and therefore, understanding their genome will help unravel phylogeny of the orthopteroidea, which has been difficult to interpret. I propose that leaving them out of the project will leave a hole in the understanding of insect evolution. A number of labs are now studying embiopterans focusing on communication, phylogeny, silk evolution--its mechanics and molecular structure, silk gland micro-morphology, to name a few projects. Recent papers have revealed sequences for silks from a variety of embiopteran species, and for a sample of genes important for phylogenetic work, but much remains to be done on this order. The species proposed herein is Antipaluria urichi, which is easy to rear. Lab cultures are available currently at Santa Clara University. Silk is probably the most important of their features in the context of the genome project; silk is becoming more of interest in general because of the potential products in medicine and bioengineering applications. Silk is inert and does not promote immune responses in humans, and its application for skin grafts and other health materials has been recognized for years. Embiopterans produce the finest silks known, and a number of different labs have begun work on biomechanical properties as well as nano-technology. The very small diameters of embiid silks lend qualities of interest to chemical-physicists and to molecular biologists working with silk. These labs include Arizona State University, CSIRO Australia, and UC Riverside. Gland morphology has also recently been studied by a graduate student in Germany as well. Very few people have ever studied this small order and therefore I cannot claim that many scientists currently work on them. I do claim, however, that knowledge of their genomes would add to our understanding of insect evolution, beyond searching for information related to silk properties and mechanics, which has great potential value for science and technology and for health applications. Janice Edgerly-Rooks

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Taxonomic classification
Class: Insecta
Order: Embioptera
Family: Clothodidae
Genus: Antipaluria
NCBI taxid: 485px-US-NLM-NCBI-Logo.png 270842
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Nomination: i5K initiative
Date: 2011/08/08


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