Evolution of the interaction between mitochondrial and nuclear genomes in bumblebees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus): the importance of numts and heteroplasmy

Project Information

EVOBOMICS

Grant agreement ID: 101023351

DOI

10.3030/101023351

Project closed

EC signature date 9 March 2021

Start date 4 October 2021

End date 2 October 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost

€ 224 933,76

EU contribution

€ 224 933,76

Coordinated by

ROYAL HOLLOWAY AND BEDFORD NEW COLLEGE
United Kingdom

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (15)

Mitochondrial phylogenomics of bumblebees, <i>Bombus</i> (Hymenoptera: Apidae): a tale of structural variation, shifts in selection constraints, and tree discordance

Author(s): Leonardo Tresoldi Gonçalves, Elaine Françoso, Maríndia Deprá
Published in: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Issue 202, 2024, ISSN 0024-4082
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad178

When did bumblebees reach South America? Unexpectedly old montane species may be explained by Mexican stopover (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Author(s): Paul H. Williams, Elaine Françoso, Baptiste Martinet, Michael C. Orr, Zongxin Ren, José Santos Júnior, Chawatat Thanoosing, Rémy Vandame
Published in: Systematics and Biodiversity, Issue 20, 2022, Page(s) 1-24, ISSN 1477-2000
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2022.2092229

A phylogenomic approach to disentangling the evolution of the large and diverse daisy tribe Anthemideae (Asteraceae)

Author(s): David Criado‐Ruiz, Joan Vallès, Randall J. Bayer, Luis Palazzesi, Jaume Pellicer, Iván Pérez Lorenzo, Olivier Maurin, Elaine Françoso, Shyamali Roy, Ilia J. Leitch, Félix Forest, William J. Baker, Lisa Pokorny, Oriane Hidalgo, Gonzalo Nieto Feliner
Published in: Journal of Systematics and Evolution, Issue 63, 2025, Page(s) 282-306, ISSN 1674-4918
Publisher: Ke xue chu ban she
DOI: 10.1111/jse.13118

The genome of the solitary bee <i>Tetrapedia diversipes</i> (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

Author(s): Priscila K F Santos, Natalia de Souza Araujo, Elaine Françoso, John H Werren, Karen M Kapheim, Maria Cristina Arias
Published in: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, Issue 15, 2025, ISSN 2160-1836
Publisher: Genetics Society of America
DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkae264

Morphological and molecular evidence for considering Xylocopa nigrocincta as the senior synonym of Xylocopa suspecta (Apidae: Xylocopini)

Author(s): Júlia Colombelli Agostini, Elaine Françoso, Maria Cristina Arias, Fernando César Vieira Zanella
Published in: Apidologie, Issue 55, 2024, ISSN 0044-8435
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-024-01057-9

The complete mitochondrial genome of Trigonisca nataliae (Hymenoptera, Apidae) assemblage reveals heteroplasmy in the control region

Author(s): Elaine Françoso, Alexandre Rizzo Zuntini, Paulo Cseri Ricardo, Natalia de Souza Araujo, João Paulo Naldi Silva, Mark J.F. Brown, Maria Cristina Arias
Published in: Gene, Issue 881, 2024, Page(s) 147621, ISSN 0378-1119
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2023.147621

The nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of the bellicose bumblebee (<i>Bombus bellicosus</i>, Hymenoptera: Apidae), a threatened pollinator in a changing South American landscape

Author(s): Leonardo Tresoldi Gonçalves, Pedro Henrique Pezzi, Flávia Regina Girardi Montagner, Wellington Vasconcelos de Souza, Elaine Françoso, Maríndia Deprá
Published in: Genome, Issue 68, 2025, Page(s) 1-10, ISSN 0831-2796
Publisher: NRC Research Press
DOI: 10.1139/gen-2024-0166

Tangled webs and spider‐flowers: Phylogenomics, biogeography, and seed morphology inform the evolutionary history of Cleomaceae

Author(s): Theresa C. Saunders, Isabel Larridon, William J. Baker, Russell L. Barrett, Félix Forest, Elaine Françoso, Olivier Maurin, Saba Rokni, Eric H. Roalson
Published in: American Journal of Botany, Issue 111, 2024, ISSN 0002-9122
Publisher: Botanical Society of America, Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.16399

mt-COI heteroplasmy characterization of Tetragonisca angustula (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Author(s): Natália Leite Padoan, Paulo Cseri Ricardo, Larissa Batista Cont, Maria Cristina Arias, Elaine Françoso
Published in: Apidologie, Issue 56, 2025, ISSN 0044-8435
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-025-01181-0

Strategies of diaspore dispersal investment in Compositae: the case of the Andean highlands

Author(s): Carolina Tovar, Lucia Hudson, Francisco Cuesta, Rosa Isela Meneses, Priscilla Muriel, Oriane Hidalgo, Luis Palazzesi, Carlos Suarez Ballesteros, Eleanor Hammond Hunt, Mauricio Diazgranados, D J Nicholas Hind, Félix Forest, Stephan Halloy, Nikolay Aguirre, William J Baker, Stephan Beck, Julieta Carilla, Paúl Eguiguren, Elaine Françoso, Luis E Gámez, Ricardo Jaramillo, Luis Daniel Llambí, Olivi
Published in: Annals of Botany, Issue 132, 2023, Page(s) 255-267, ISSN 0305-7364
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcad099

Phylogenomics and the rise of the angiosperms

Author(s): Alexandre R. Zuntini, Tom Carruthers, Olivier Maurin, Paul C. Bailey, Kevin Leempoel, Grace E. Brewer, Niroshini Epitawalage, Elaine Françoso, Berta Gallego-Paramo, Catherine McGinnie, Raquel Negrão, Shyamali R. Roy, Lalita Simpson, Eduardo Toledo Romero, Vanessa M. A. Barber, Laura Botigué, James J. Clarkson, Robyn S. Cowan, Steven Dodsworth, Matthew G. Johnson, Jan T. Kim, Lisa Pokorny, Norma
Published in: Nature, Issue 629, 2024, Page(s) 843-850, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07324-0

Rapid evolution, rearrangements and whole mitogenome duplication in the Australian stingless bees Tetragonula (Hymenoptera: Apidae): A steppingstone towards understanding mitochondrial function and evolution

Author(s): Elaine Françoso, Alexandre Rizzo Zuntini, Paulo Cseri Ricardo, Priscila Karla Ferreira Santos, Natalia de Souza Araujo, João Paulo Naldi Silva, Leonardo Tresoldi Gonçalves, Rute Brito, Rosalyn Gloag, Benjamin A. Taylor, Brock A. Harpur, Benjamin P. Oldroyd, Mark J.F. Brown, Maria Cristina Arias
Published in: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Issue 242, 2025, Page(s) 124568, ISSN 0141-8130
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.124568

Shorter, better, faster, stronger? Comparing the identification performance of full-length and mini-DNA barcodes for apid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Author(s): Leonardo Tresoldi Gonçalves, Elaine Françoso, Maríndia Deprá
Published in: Apidologie, Issue 53, 2024, ISSN 0044-8435
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-022-00958-x

Genomic incongruence accompanies the evolution of flower symmetry in Eudicots: a case study in the poppy family (Papaveraceae, Ranunculales)

Author(s): Lisa Pokorny, Jaume Pellicer, Yannick Woudstra, Maarten J. M. Christenhusz, Teresa Garnatje, Luis Palazzesi, Matthew G. Johnson, Olivier Maurin, Elaine Françoso, Shyamali Roy, Ilia J. Leitch, Félix Forest, William J. Baker, Oriane Hidalgo
Published in: Frontiers in Plant Science, Issue 15, 2024, ISSN 1664-462X
Publisher: Frontiers Media S. A.
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1340056

Mitonuclear Coevolution in Bumblebees (<i>Bombus</i>): Genomic Signatures and Its Role in Climatic Niche Adaptation

Author(s): Leonardo Tresoldi Gonçalves, Pedro Henrique Pezzi, Maríndia Deprá, Elaine Françoso
Published in: Genome Biology and Evolution, Issue 17, 2025, ISSN 1759-6653
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evaf123