Diversity and metabolic potentials of microbial communities associated with pollinator and cheater fig wasps in fig-fig wasp mutualism system.

Microbial symbionts can influence a myriad of insect behavioral and physiological traits. However, how microbial communities may shape or be shaped by insect interactions with plants and neighboring species remains underexplored. The fig-fig wasp mutualism system offers a unique model to study the roles of microbiome in the interactions between the plants and co-habiting insects because a confined fig environment is shared by two fig wasp species, the pollinator wasp ( and ) and the cheater wasp ( sp1 and sp2).

Comparative chloroplast genome analysis of (Moraceae): Insight into adaptive evolution and mutational hotspot regions.

As the largest genus in Moraceae, is widely distributed across tropical and subtropical regions and exhibits a high degree of adaptability to different environments. At present, however, the phylogenetic relationships of this genus are not well resolved, and chloroplast evolution in remains poorly understood. Here, we sequenced, assembled, and annotated the chloroplast genomes of 10 species of , downloaded and assembled 13 additional species based on next-generation sequencing data, and compared them to 46 previously published chloroplast genomes.

The complete chloroplast genome of two related fig species and .

The and share an undescribed pollinating fig wasp sp. in Xishuangbanna region, which constitutes the most excellent model to study the role of convergent evolution and hybridization in the species-specific fig-wasp mutualism. The plastomes were 160,350 bp for and 160,300 bp for , both in length with the typical quadripartite structure.

[Bioinformatics analysis of safflower WD40 transcription factor family genes].

The WD40 transcription factor family is a gene superfamily widely found in eukaryotes, which is closely related to plant growth and development regulation. It has been reported that the WD40 transcription factor was involved in the synthesis of anthocyanins, which is one of the vital components of safflower flavonoid compounds. In this study, 40 CtWD40 members in the safflower genome were identified though bioinformatics tools and gene expression analysis methods.