Integrating fossils and recent taxa in the study of rove beetle evolution and systematics Janina L Kypke
Supervisors Dr. Alexey Solodovnikov Prof. Dr. Fredrik Ronquist Why study Staphylinidae?
Ubiquitous
• Largest animal family ! >60.000 species • 32 subfamilies
à Short elytra à Flexible abdomen Why study Staphylinidae?
Ubiquitous
• Largest animal family ! >60.000 species • 32 subfamilies Why study Staphylinidae?
• Largest animal family ! >60.000 species • 32 subfamilies Main PhD goals Main PhD goals Main PhD goals me Main PhD goals me Main PhD goals me Main PhD goals me Morphological data Molecular data Morphological data Molecular data
Scydmaenidae Oxytelinae Silphidae Pies nae Glypholoma nae Osoriinae 1 Pies nae Empelinae Omaliinae Megalopsidiinae Omaliine Habrocerinae Microsilphinae Group Trigunoridae Proteininae Trichophyinae Micropeplinae • conflic ng Phloeocharinae 1 Neophoninae Scaphidiinae Dasycerinae • par ally unresolved Apate cinae Protopselaphinae Omaliinae Pselaphinae Empelinae Tachyporine Tachyporinae pars Glypholoma nae Microsilphinae Group Phoeocharinae Proteininae Olisthaerinae Staphylininae Tachyporinae pars Paederinae Trichophyinae Olisthaerinae Habrocerinae Tachyporinae 1 Aleocharinae Pseudopsinae Oxyteline Trigonurinae Micropeplinae Group Apate cinae Pselaphinae Scaphidiinae Dasycerinae Pies nae Neophoninae Osoriinae Osoriinae 2 Oxytelinae Phloeocharinae 2 Oxyporinae Aleocharinae Staphylinine Megalopsidiinae Scydmaeninae Group Steninae Solierinae Euaesthe nae Euaesthe nae Solieriinae Steninae Leptotyphlinae Oxyporinae Pseudopsinae Leptotyphlinae Staphylininae Tachyporinae 2 Thayer 2005 Paederinae Silphidae a er McKenna et al. 2014 Morphological data Molecular data
Scydmaenidae Oxytelinae Silphidae Pies nae Glypholoma nae Osoriinae 1 Pies nae Empelinae Omaliinae Megalopsidiinae Omaliine Habrocerinae Microsilphinae Group Trigunoridae Proteininae Trichophyinae Micropeplinae • conflic ng Phloeocharinae 1 Neophoninae Scaphidiinae Dasycerinae • par ally unresolved Apate cinae Protopselaphinae Omaliinae Pselaphinae Empelinae Tachyporine Tachyporinae pars Glypholoma nae Microsilphinae Group Phoeocharinae Proteininae Olisthaerinae • homology vs. homoplasy Staphylininae Tachyporinae pars • sample size too small Paederinae Trichophyinae • not enough data Olisthaerinae Habrocerinae Tachyporinae 1 Aleocharinae • no fossils included Pseudopsinae Oxyteline Trigonurinae Micropeplinae Group Apate cinae Pselaphinae Scaphidiinae Dasycerinae Pies nae Neophoninae Osoriinae Osoriinae 2 Oxytelinae Phloeocharinae 2 Oxyporinae Aleocharinae Staphylinine Megalopsidiinae Scydmaeninae Group Steninae Solierinae Euaesthe nae Euaesthe nae Solieriinae Steninae Leptotyphlinae Oxyporinae Pseudopsinae Leptotyphlinae Staphylininae Tachyporinae 2 Thayer 2005 Paederinae Silphidae a er McKenna et al. 2014 Work low – Target Capture
lyse bind wash elute Work low – Target Capture Transcriptome assembly
single reads - exons lyse bind wash elute
transcriptome Work low – Target Capture Transcriptome assembly
single reads - exons Iden fica on of single copy & lyse bind wash elute orthologous loci
transcriptome
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Pendleton
Nicrophorus vespilloides ref. genome
single copy genes Work low – Target Capture Transcriptome assembly
single reads - exons Iden fica on of single copy & lyse bind wash elute orthologous loci
Transcriptome alignment
transcriptome
© T. & D.
Pendleton
Nicrophorus vespilloides ref. genome
transcriptomes single copy genes 1 2 3 Work low – Target Capture Transcriptome assembly
single reads - exons Iden fica on of single copy & lyse bind wash elute orthologous loci
Transcriptome alignment
transcriptome Reference genome comparison
© T. & D.
Pendleton
introns Nicrophorus vespilloides ref. genome
transcriptomes single copy genes 1 2 3 Work low – Target Capture Transcriptome assembly
Iden fica on of single copy & lyse bind wash elute orthologous loci probes
single copy genes Transcriptome alignment
Reference genome comparison
© T. & D.
Pendleton Probe design using BaitFisher
introns Nicrophorus vespilloides ref. genome
transcriptomes single copy genes 1 2 3 Work low – Target Capture Transcriptome assembly
Iden fica on of single copy & lyse bind wash elute orthologous loci probes
single copy genes Transcriptome alignment
Reference genome comparison
Probe design using BaitFisher
introns DNA extrac on of museum specimens
Target capture & sequencing
Reconstruc on of phylogeny ex nct extant species species Morphology • finish matrix & score • iden fy & include newly collected • Meet Dr Paweł Jałoszyński ex nct extant species species
Scydmaeninae Morphology Target Capture • finish matrix & score • assemble transcriptomes • iden fy & include newly collected • find orthologous genes across • Meet Dr Paweł Jałoszyński ex nct extant insects using annotated
species species genomes
• design & order probes
• lab: DNA extrac ons, target
capture, sequencing Scydmaeninae Morphology Target Capture • finish matrix & score • assemble transcriptomes • iden fy & include newly collected • find orthologous genes across • Meet Dr Paweł Jałoszyński ex nct extant insects using annotated
species species genomes
• design & order probes
• lab: DNA extrac ons, target
capture, sequencing Scydmaeninae
Finalize taxon sampling Morphology Target Capture • finish matrix & score • assemble transcriptomes • iden fy & include newly collected • find orthologous genes across • Meet Dr Paweł Jałoszyński ex nct extant insects using annotated
species species genomes
• design & order probes
• lab: DNA extrac ons, target
capture, sequencing Scydmaeninae
Finalize taxon sampling PERL Introductory Course
Didac cs Course
Responsible Conduct of Research Target Capture Course Side Project: Amber Fossils
Baltic Amber Fossils 55 Mya at the beginning of the Eocene…
• describe • draw & photograph • iden fy
Dagmara Żyła Baltic Amber Fossils
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1 cm Magnifcation 8x
1349-3
1349-3 1 cm Magnifcation 8x
1 cm 1 cm Magnifcation 5.6 x Magnifcation 5.6 x Dagmara Żyła Phylogenomics Bioinforma cs Broad Morphology Range of skills Large Network Communica on Skills Publica ons Presenta ons
Teaching Experience Phylogenomics Bioinforma cs Broad Morphology Range of skills Positive Career Impact Large Network Communica on Skills Publica ons Presenta ons
Teaching Experience This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and under programme innova on -Curie Sklodowska the Marie grant agreement No 642241 What is the oldest known fossil? • Oldest really known fossils from Middle • Oldest known fossils from Late Triassic: Jurassic: 228-235 Ma (Chatzimanolis et al. 2012) 175-165 Ma (Cai, Huang, Thayer & Newton, 2012)
Juroglypholoma an quum Leehermania prorova
Staphylinid or Hydroscaphid Nicrophorus vespilloides Reference Genome & Transcriptome (Cunningham et al. 2015)
Micropeplinae Empelinae Glypholoma nae Microsilphinae Omaliinae Australophrum cribriceps Proteininae Silphotelus sp. Neophoninae Dasycerinae Protopselaphinae Pselaphinae Rybaxis longicornis Aleocharinae Aleochara curtula Transcriptomes Trichophyinae Habrocerinae Tachyporinae Sepedophilus testaceus Phoeocharinae Olisthaerinae Olisthaerus substriatus Scaphidiinae Scaphidium quadrimaculatum; Brachynopus scutellaris Apate cinae Pies nae Osoriinae Oxytelinae Trigonurinae
Oxyporinae Megalopsidiinae Solieriinae Steninae Euaesthe nae Euaesthetus ruficapillus Scydmaeninae Euconnus hir collis Leptotyphlinae Pseudopsinae Paederinae Oedichirus sp.; Paederus cruen collis; Paederus fuscipes Staphylininae Quedius diemenensis Ocypus brunnipes