Whole genomes from the extinct Xerces Blue butterfly can help identify declining insect species

The Xerces Blue (Glaucopsyche xerces) is considered to be the first butterfly to become extinct in historical times. It was notable for its chalky lavender wings with conspicuous white spots on the ventral wings. The last individuals were collected in their restricted habitat, in the dunes near the...

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Autores: Dios Martínez, Toni de, Fontseré Alemany, Clàudia, 1992-, Renom, Pere, Stiller, Josefin, Llovera Nadal, Laia, Uliano-Silva, Marcela, Sánchez-Gracia, Alejandro, Wright, Charlotte, Lizano González, Esther, 1974-, Caballero, Berta, Navarro, Arcadi, Civit, Sergi, Robbins, Robert K., Blaxter, Mark, Marquès i Bonet, Tomàs, 1975-, Vila, Roger, Lalueza Fox, Carles, 1965-
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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Palabra clave:Green-Underside Blue
Silvery Blue
Xerxes Blue
Evolutionary biology
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spelling Whole genomes from the extinct Xerces Blue butterfly can help identify declining insect speciesDios Martínez, Toni deFontseré Alemany, Clàudia, 1992-Renom, PereStiller, JosefinLlovera Nadal, LaiaUliano-Silva, MarcelaSánchez-Gracia, AlejandroWright, CharlotteLizano González, Esther, 1974-Caballero, BertaNavarro, ArcadiCivit, SergiRobbins, Robert K.Blaxter, MarkMarquès i Bonet, Tomàs, 1975-Vila, RogerLalueza Fox, Carles, 1965-Green-Underside BlueSilvery BlueXerxes BlueEvolutionary biologyThe Xerces Blue (Glaucopsyche xerces) is considered to be the first butterfly to become extinct in historical times. It was notable for its chalky lavender wings with conspicuous white spots on the ventral wings. The last individuals were collected in their restricted habitat, in the dunes near the Presidio military base in San Francisco, in 1941. We sequenced the genomes of four 80- to 100-year-old Xerces Blue, and seven historical and one modern specimens of its closest relative, the Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus). We compared these to a novel annotated genome of the Green-Underside Blue (Glaucopsyche alexis). Phylogenetic relationships inferred from complete mitochondrial genomes indicate that Xerces Blue was a distinct species that diverged from the Silvery Blue lineage at least 850,000 years ago. Using nuclear genomes, both species experienced population growth during the Eemian interglacial period, but the Xerces Blue decreased to a very low effective population size subsequently, a trend opposite to that observed in the Silvery Blue. Runs of homozygosity and deleterious load in the former were significantly greater than in the later, suggesting a higher incidence of inbreeding. These signals of population decline observed in Xerces Blue could be used to identify and monitor other insects threatened by human activities, whose extinction patterns are still not well known.CL-F is supported by a PID2021-124590NB-100 grant (MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE) of Spain; TM-B is supported by funding from the European Research Council (ERC) (grant agreement No. 864203), BFU2017-86471-P (MINECO/FEDER, UE), 'Unidad de Excelencia María de Maeztu', funded by the AEI (CEX2018-000792-M), Howard Hughes International Early Career, and Generalitat de Catalunya, GRC 2017-SGR-880; RV is supported by grant PID2019-107078GB-I00, funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, and by GRC 2017-SGR-991 (Generalitat de Catalunya). We are grateful to the SCIENCE Faculty at University of Copenhagen for free access to Computerome 2.0. This research was funded in whole, or in part, by the Wellcome Trust Grants 206194 and 218328 (MU, MB). For the purpose of Open Access, the author has applied a CC BY public copyright license to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission.eLife202420242024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/68523http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.87928reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésElife. 2024 Oct 4;12:RP87928info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/864203info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PE/PID2021-124590NB-100info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/BFU2017-86471-Pinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PID2019-107078GB-I00© 2023, de-Dios, Fontsere, Renom et al. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/685232026-06-12T07:21:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Whole genomes from the extinct Xerces Blue butterfly can help identify declining insect species
title Whole genomes from the extinct Xerces Blue butterfly can help identify declining insect species
spellingShingle Whole genomes from the extinct Xerces Blue butterfly can help identify declining insect species
Dios Martínez, Toni de
Green-Underside Blue
Silvery Blue
Xerxes Blue
Evolutionary biology
title_short Whole genomes from the extinct Xerces Blue butterfly can help identify declining insect species
title_full Whole genomes from the extinct Xerces Blue butterfly can help identify declining insect species
title_fullStr Whole genomes from the extinct Xerces Blue butterfly can help identify declining insect species
title_full_unstemmed Whole genomes from the extinct Xerces Blue butterfly can help identify declining insect species
title_sort Whole genomes from the extinct Xerces Blue butterfly can help identify declining insect species
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Dios Martínez, Toni de
Fontseré Alemany, Clàudia, 1992-
Renom, Pere
Stiller, Josefin
Llovera Nadal, Laia
Uliano-Silva, Marcela
Sánchez-Gracia, Alejandro
Wright, Charlotte
Lizano González, Esther, 1974-
Caballero, Berta
Navarro, Arcadi
Civit, Sergi
Robbins, Robert K.
Blaxter, Mark
Marquès i Bonet, Tomàs, 1975-
Vila, Roger
Lalueza Fox, Carles, 1965-
author Dios Martínez, Toni de
author_facet Dios Martínez, Toni de
Fontseré Alemany, Clàudia, 1992-
Renom, Pere
Stiller, Josefin
Llovera Nadal, Laia
Uliano-Silva, Marcela
Sánchez-Gracia, Alejandro
Wright, Charlotte
Lizano González, Esther, 1974-
Caballero, Berta
Navarro, Arcadi
Civit, Sergi
Robbins, Robert K.
Blaxter, Mark
Marquès i Bonet, Tomàs, 1975-
Vila, Roger
Lalueza Fox, Carles, 1965-
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author2 Fontseré Alemany, Clàudia, 1992-
Renom, Pere
Stiller, Josefin
Llovera Nadal, Laia
Uliano-Silva, Marcela
Sánchez-Gracia, Alejandro
Wright, Charlotte
Lizano González, Esther, 1974-
Caballero, Berta
Navarro, Arcadi
Civit, Sergi
Robbins, Robert K.
Blaxter, Mark
Marquès i Bonet, Tomàs, 1975-
Vila, Roger
Lalueza Fox, Carles, 1965-
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author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Green-Underside Blue
Silvery Blue
Xerxes Blue
Evolutionary biology
topic Green-Underside Blue
Silvery Blue
Xerxes Blue
Evolutionary biology
description The Xerces Blue (Glaucopsyche xerces) is considered to be the first butterfly to become extinct in historical times. It was notable for its chalky lavender wings with conspicuous white spots on the ventral wings. The last individuals were collected in their restricted habitat, in the dunes near the Presidio military base in San Francisco, in 1941. We sequenced the genomes of four 80- to 100-year-old Xerces Blue, and seven historical and one modern specimens of its closest relative, the Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus). We compared these to a novel annotated genome of the Green-Underside Blue (Glaucopsyche alexis). Phylogenetic relationships inferred from complete mitochondrial genomes indicate that Xerces Blue was a distinct species that diverged from the Silvery Blue lineage at least 850,000 years ago. Using nuclear genomes, both species experienced population growth during the Eemian interglacial period, but the Xerces Blue decreased to a very low effective population size subsequently, a trend opposite to that observed in the Silvery Blue. Runs of homozygosity and deleterious load in the former were significantly greater than in the later, suggesting a higher incidence of inbreeding. These signals of population decline observed in Xerces Blue could be used to identify and monitor other insects threatened by human activities, whose extinction patterns are still not well known.
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