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Genotyping of whole genome amplified reduced representation libraries reveals a cryptic population of Culicoides brevitarsis in the Northern Territory, Australia

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Title
Genotyping of whole genome amplified reduced representation libraries reveals a cryptic population of Culicoides brevitarsis in the Northern Territory, Australia
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BMC Genomics, September 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12864-016-3124-1
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Maria G. Onyango, Nicola C. Aitken, Cameron Jack, Aaron Chuah, James Oguya, Appolinaire Djikeng, Steve Kemp, Glenn A. Bellis, Adrian Nicholas, Peter J. Walker, Jean-Bernard Duchemin

Abstract

The advent of genotyping by Next Generation Sequencing has enabled rapid discovery of thousands of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers and high throughput genotyping of large populations at an affordable cost. Genotyping by sequencing (GBS), a reduced representation library sequencing method, allows highly multiplexed sequencing of genomic subsets. This method has limitations for small organisms with low amounts of genomic DNA, such as the bluetongue virus (BTV) vectors, Culicoides midges. This study employed the GBS method to isolate SNP markers de novo from whole genome amplified Culicoides brevitarsis genomic DNA. The individuals were collected from regions representing two different Australian patterns of BTV strain distribution: the Northern Territory (NT) and the east coast. We isolated 8145 SNPs using GBS. Phylogenetic analysis conducted using the filtered 3263 SNPs revealed the presence of a distinct C. brevitarsis sub-population in the NT and this was confirmed by analysis of mitochondrial DNA. Two loci showed a very strong signal for selection and were unique to the NT population. Bayesian analysis with STRUCTURE indicated a possible two-population cluster. The results suggest that genotyping vectors with high density markers in combination with biological and environmental data is useful. However, more extensive sampling over a wider spatial and temporal range is needed. The presence of sub-structure in populations and loci under natural selection indicates the need for further investigation of the role of vectors in shaping the two Australian systems of BTV transmission. The described workflow is transferable to genotyping of small, non-model organisms, including arthropod vectors of pathogens of economic and medical importance.

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Italy 1 2%
Unknown 41 98%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 24%
Student > Master 6 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 10%
Student > Bachelor 3 7%
Professor 3 7%
Other 8 19%
Unknown 8 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 18 43%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 12%
Computer Science 3 7%
Engineering 2 5%
Environmental Science 1 2%
Other 3 7%
Unknown 10 24%
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