The i5K initiative: Advancing arthropod genomics for knowledge, human health, agriculture, and the environment

Jay D. Evans (1) , Susan J. Brown (2) , Kevin J. Hackett (1) , Gene Robinson (3) , Stephen Richards (4) , Daniel Lawson (5) , Christine Elsik (6) , Jonathan Coddington (7) , Owain Edwards (8) , Scott Emrich (9) , Toni Gabaldon (10) , Marian Goldsmith (11) , Glenn Hanes (1) , Bernard Misof (12) , Monica Muñoz-Torres (13) , Oliver Niehuis (12) , Alexie Papanicolaou (14) , Michael Pfrender (9) , Monica Poelchau (15) , Mary Purcell-Miramontes (16) , Hugh M. Robertson (3) , Oliver Ryder (17) , Denis Tagu (18) , Tatiana Torres (19) , Evgeny Zdobnov (20) , Guojie Zhang (21) , Xin Zhou (21)

1 USDA-ARS : Agricultural Research Service
2 Kansas State University
3 University of Illinois System
4 Human Genome Sequencing Center
5 European Bioinformatics Institute
6 Mizzou - University of Missouri [Columbia]
7 NMNH - Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
8 Centre for Environment and Life Sciences
9 UND - University of Notre Dame [Indiana]
10 [e-mail]
11 URI - University of Rhode Island
12 Center for Molecular Biodiversity Research
13 Genomics Division [LBNL Berkeley]
14 Ecosystem Sciences
15 Department of Biology
16 National Institute of Food and Agriculture
17 San Diego Zoo's Institute for Conservation Research
18 IGEPP - Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes
19 University of São Paulo
20 Medical School
21 BGI - Beijing Genomics Institute [Shenzhen]

Insects and their arthropod relatives including mites, spiders, and crustaceans play major roles in the world's terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems. Arthropods compete with humans for food and transmit devastating diseases. They also comprise the most diverse and successful branch of metazoan evolution, with millions of extant species. Here, we describe an international effort to guide arthropod genomic efforts, from species prioritization to methodology and informatics. The 5000 arthropod genomes initiative (i5K) community met formally in 2012 to discuss a roadmap for sequencing and analyzing 5000 high-priority arthropods and is continuing this effort via pilot projects, the development of standard operating procedures, and training of students and career scientists, With university, governmental, and industry support, the i5K Consortium aspires to deliver sequences and analytical tools for each of the arthropod branches and each of the species having beneficial and negative effects on humankind.

Mots clés: disease vector; agriculture; genome sequencing; insect evolution; comparative genomics

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Jay D. Evans, Susan J. Brown, Kevin J. Hackett, Gene Robinson, Stephen Richards, et al.. The i5K initiative: Advancing arthropod genomics for knowledge, human health, agriculture, and the environment. Journal of Heredity, 2013, 104 (5), pp.595-600. ⟨10.1093/jhered/est050⟩. ⟨hal-01208655⟩