About this Repository

This repository contains the research data associated with the Kissing Bugs Omics project, funded by the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP, process number 2016/08176-9, 2017/50329-0), and the Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa do Estado da Paraíba – FAPESQ (process 47896.673.31653.11082021). The Kissing Bugs Omics project was conducted by the Laboratoire Evolution, Génomes, Comportement, Écologie (EGCE).

Associated Papers:

Rignault, G., Merle, M., Folly-Ramos, E., Almeida, C. E. A., Harry, M., Filée, J. (2026).
Metagenomic Analyses Reveal a Constrained Network of Nutritional Symbionts in Kissing Bugs.
BioRxiv
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.20.719636
     Associated repositories
     Triatoma brasiliensis genome assembly: 10.5281/zenodo.19135824.
     Supporting data and and raw results: 10.5281/zenodo.18354110.
     BioProject: PRJNA1405103.

Merle, M.*, Filée, J.*, de Oliveira, J., Almeida, C. E., Mougel, F., Bastide, H., Girondot, M., Da Rosa J.A., & Harry, M. (2022).
Genome Size Variation of Chagas Disease Vectors of the Rhodniini Tribe.
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-0394

Filée, J.*, Merle, M.*, Bastide, H., Mougel, F., Bérenger, J. M., Folly-Ramos, E., Almeida, C., & Harry, M. (2022).
Phylogenomics for Chagas Disease Vectors of the Rhodnius Genus (Hemiptera, Triatominae): What We Learn From Mito-Nuclear Conflicts and Recommendations.
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.750317
     Associated repository: BioProject PRJNA429761

Da Lage, J.-L., Fontenelle, A., Filée, J., Merle, M., Bérenger, J.-M., Almeida, C., Folly-Ramos, E. & Harry, M. (2023). 
Evidence that hematophagous triatomine bugs may eat plants in the wild. 
Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2023.104059

Marchant, A.*, Mougel, F.*, Jacquin-Joly, E., Almeida, C. E., Blanchet, D., Bérenger, J.-M., da Rosa, J. A. & Harry, M. (2021).
Chemosensory Gene Expression for Two Closely Relative Species Rhodnius robustus and R. prolixus (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) Vectors of Chagas Disease

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.725504
     Associated repository: BioProject PRJEB13049

Marchant, A., Mougel, F., Jacquin-Joly, E., Costa, J., Almeida, C. E. & Harry, M. (2016)
Under-Expression of Chemosensory Genes in Domiciliary Bugs of the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma brasiliensis
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005067
      Associated repositories:
      Raw sequences ofreads are available at the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) at http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/data/view/PRJEB12710.
      Transcriptome assembly is available at European Nucleotide Archive (ENA): HADI01000001-HADI01048290.
      BioProject PRJEB12710

Marchant,  A., Mougel, F., Mendonça, V., Quartier, M., Jacquin-Joly, E., da Rosa, J. A., Petit, E. & Harry, M. (2016)
Comparing de novo and reference-based transcriptome assembly strategies by applying them to the blood-sucking bug Rhodnius prolixus
Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2015.05.009

* : co-first authors

Other communications:

CNRS Infos - Les punaises vectrices de la maladie de Chagas, pas strictement hématophages en milieu naturel

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Contact

For any questions or inquiries regarding the data available in this repository, please contact:

Marie MERLE: marie.merle@universite-paris-saclay.fr

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