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The genome of the blind bee louse fly reveals deep convergences with its social host and illuminates Drosophila origins

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Social insects nests harbor intruders known as inquilines,1 which are usually related to their host.2,3 However, distant non-social inquilines may also show convergences with their hosts,4,5 though the underlying genomic changes remain unclear. We analyzed the genome of the wingless and blind bee louse fly Braula coeca, an inquiline kleptoparasite of the Western honey bee Apis mellifera.6,7 Using large phylogenomic data, we confirmed recent accounts that the bee louse fly is a drosophilid,8,9 and showed that it had likely evolved from a sap-breeder ancestor associated with honeydew and scale insects wax. Unlike many parasites, the bee louse fly genome did not show significant erosion or strict reliance on an endosymbiont, likely due to a relatively recent age of inquilinism. However, we observed a horizontal transfer of a transposon and a striking parallel evolution in a set of gene families between the honey bee and the bee louse fly. Convergences included genes potentially involved in metabolism and immunity and the loss of nearly all bitter-tasting gustatory receptors in agreement with life in a protective nest and a diet of honey, pollen, and beeswax. Vision and odorant receptor genes also exhibited rapid losses. Only genes whose orthologs in the closely related Drosophila melanogaster respond to honey bee pheromones components or floral aroma were retained, whereas the losses included orthologous receptors responsive to the anti-ovarian honey bee queen pheromones. Hence, deep genomic convergences can underlie major phenotypic transitions during the evolution of inquilinism between non-social parasites and their social hosts.
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hal-04452751 , version 1 (12-02-2024)

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Héloïse Bastide, Hélène Legout, Noé Dogbo, David Ogereau, Carolina Prediger, et al.. The genome of the blind bee louse fly reveals deep convergences with its social host and illuminates Drosophila origins. Current Biology - CB, 2024, ⟨10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.034⟩. ⟨hal-04452751⟩
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