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Mitogenomic Insights into Temperature Adaptation: A Comparative Study of the Subfamily Corydalinae Davis, 1903
Wenye Wang1, Shuo Tian1, Zifan Wang1
1College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China.
Abstract:
Corydalinae (dobsonfly) is one of the subfamilies of the megalopteran family Corydalidae. Species of Corydalinae are some of the largest freshwater insects in the world. Comparative analyses of mitochondrial genomes in Corydalinae were conducted. The evolutionary rates of 13 PCGs of fifty species in Corydalinae were estimated. The total PCGs of Corydalinae exhibited negative AT bias, ranging from -0.1810 to -0.1408. The Ka/Ks ratio of total PCGs in Corydalinae ranged from 0.1011 (Protohermes) to 0.1673 (Chloroniella). Phylogenetic analysis of Corydalinae was conducted using mitogenomes. Positive selection analyses, conducted based on the Corydalinae phylogenetic topology, revealed potential positively selected sites in the genera Acanthacorydalis, Corydalus, Neoneuromus, Nevromus, and Protohermes. These genera were distributed in areas characterized by marked seasonality and pronounced annual thermal amplitude variations. The observed divergence in potential positive selection sites and evolutionary rates might be attributed to differential adaptive evolution in response to climatic factors, potentially reflecting distinct molecular mechanisms underlying species-specific adaptation to rapid environmental shifts.
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