CAFE5_onelambda_results_it1

The blind and wingless bee louse fly (Braula coeca) is an aberrant member of the family Drosophilidae that lives as a parasitic inquiline in the hive of the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera). The analysis of its genome identifies a case of horizontal transposon transfer and a striking parallel evolution in a set of ecologically-relevant gene families.

无眼无翅蜂虱蝇（Braula coeca）是果蝇科（Drosophilidae）的异常类群，以寄生共栖的生活方式栖息于西方蜜蜂（Apis mellifera）的蜂巢内。对其基因组的分析不仅揭示了一起水平转座子转移（horizontal transposon transfer）事件，还发现一组与生态相关的基因家族中存在显著的平行演化（parallel evolution）现象。