Next-Generation Sequencing and Its Impacts on Entomological Research in Ecology and Evolution.
Neotrop Entomol
; 50(5): 679-696, 2021 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
The advent of NGS-based methods has been profoundly transforming entomological research. Through continual development and improvement of different methods and sequencing platforms, NGS has promoted mass elucidation of partial or whole genetic materials associated with beneficial insects, pests (of agriculture, forestry and animal, and human health), and species of conservation concern, helping to unravel ecological and evolutionary mechanisms and characterizing survival, trophic interactions, and dispersal. It is shifting the scale of biodiversity and environmental analyses from individuals and biodiversity indicator species to the large-scale study of communities and ecosystems using bulk samples of species or a mixed "soup" of environmental DNA. As the NGS-based methods have become more affordable, complexity demystified, and specificity and sensitivity proven, their use in entomological research has spread widely. This article presents several examples on how NGS-based methods have been used in entomology to provide incentives to apply them when appropriate and to open our minds to the expected advances in entomology that are yet to come.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Entomología
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Secuenciación de Nucleótidos de Alto Rendimiento
Límite:
Animals
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En
Revista:
Neotrop Entomol
Asunto de la revista:
BIOLOGIA
Año:
2021
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Article
País de afiliación:
Brasil