Annotation of putative circadian rhythm-associated genes in Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae)

• Published in: GigaByte (Hong Kong, China) Vol. 2022; pp. gigabyte48 - 15
• Main Authors: Reynolds, Max, de Oliveira, Lucas, Vosburg, Chad, Paris, Thomson, Massimino, Crissy, Norus, Jordan, Ortiz, Yasmin, Espino, Michelle, Davis, Nina, Masse, Ron, Neiman, Alan, Holcomb, Rachel, Gervais, Kylie, Kemp, Melissa, Hoang, Maria, Shippy, Teresa D, Hosmani, Prashant S, Flores-Gonzalez, Mirella, Pelz-Stelinski, Kirsten, Qureshi, Jawwad A, Mueller, Lukas A, Hunter, Wayne B, Benoit, Joshua B, Brown, Susan J, D'Elia, Tom, Saha, Surya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China GigaScience Press 01.04.2022
• Subjects: Animal Genetics; Bioinformatics; Data Release; Genetics and Genomics
• ISSN: 2709-4715; 2709-4715
• DOI: 10.46471/gigabyte.48

The circadian rhythm involves multiple genes that generate an internal molecular clock, allowing organisms to anticipate environmental conditions produced by the Earth's rotation on its axis. Here, we present the results of the manual curation of 27 genes that are associated with circadian rhythm in the genome of the Asian citrus psyllid. This insect is the vector for the bacterial pathogen Liberibacter asiaticus ( Las), the causal agent of citrus greening disease (Huanglongbing). This disease severely affects citrus industries and has drastically decreased crop yields worldwide. Based on and identified in the psyllid genome, likely possesses a circadian model similar to the lepidopteran butterfly, . Manual annotation will improve the quality of circadian rhythm gene models, allowing the future development of molecular therapeutics, such as RNA interference or antisense technologies, to target these genes to disrupt the psyllid biology.