Current knowledge on genes and genomes of phytophagous beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea, Curculionoidea): a review

Title:

Current knowledge on genes and genomes of phytophagous beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea, Curculionoidea): a review

Creator:

Gómez-Zurita, Jesús and Galián , José

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:2e74f67a-d22f-4e88-94a6-aafe9642adde
uuid:2e74f67a-d22f-4e88-94a6-aafe9642adde

Subject:

Cerambycidae, Chrysomelidae, Curculionidae, development genes, diapause genes, gene databases, genomics, insect resistance genes, and phytophagy genes

Type:

article, model:article, and TEXT

Description:

Fifteen years after the publication of the first genomic sequence of a phytophagous beetle, we review here the wealth of genetic and genomic information generated so far for the species-rich beetle superfamilies Chrysomeloidea (longhorn, seed and leaf beetles) and Curculionoidea (weevils and bark beetles). In this review we briefly describe the most common methods used to investigate the beetle genomes and also compile the nucleotide sequence information stored in public gene databases until December 2004. The motivations and relevance of these research initiatives are described in certain detail, distinguishing among structural and population studies, phylogenetic research, the study of genes involved in development and diapause, energetic metabolism, vegetal tissue digestion, and genes for insect resistance and defence.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
policy:public

Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2005 Volume:102 | Number:4

Harvested from:

CDK

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