Onthophagus taurus

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Emilie Snell-Rood University of Minnesota
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Transcriptome datasets for Onthophagus taurus
Species Description No. sequences Last update
Onthophagus taurus GenBank EST division (dbEST) 34883,488 2455686.55 May 2011

i5K Comments for Onthophagus taurus
The bull-horned dung beetle, Onthophagus taurus, an essential insect of the agricultural environment and the developmental biology laboratory. Dozens of papers have been written on the importance of this beetle to processing dung to minimize the breeding of parasitic flies. How this organism feeds exclusively on the waste products of another organism has not been investigated, but may have implications for manure as biofuel. Due to this benefit, O. taurus, a Mediterranean native, has been introduced into and is well established in several countries including the U.S. and Australia. How it impacts local dung beetle biodiversity is unknown. O. taurus is also well established in the developmental biology laboratory. Dozens of papers have been written concerning the development of novel traits such as horns, mouthparts, and copulatory structures. Microarrays and comprehensive 454 pyrosequencing produced EST libraries have been developed during this work that might aid genome sequencing efforts. Additionally, the microbiome of O. taurus is currently being studied as an emerging model for gut microbiome investigations. Sequencing the insect genome would facilitate studies of the host-bacterial interactions. Several Onthophagus species are used in developmental biology research. Having the genome sequenced of O. taurus could provide a scaffold for future genomic or transcriptomic projects of close relatives. Approximately 15 laboratories are currently working with this species. High quality, freshly isolated genomic DNA can be easily obtained from either laboratory strains and wild collected animals from a variety of populations. Anne Estes

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Onthophagus taurus
Dung beetle


Taxonomic classification
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Onthophagus
NCBI taxid: 485px-US-NLM-NCBI-Logo.png 166361
EOL taxid: eol logo grey.png 142391
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