Early progress in aphid genomics and consequences for plant-aphid interactions studies

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 701-708

  Tagu, Denis ^a   Klingler, John P ^b   Moya, Andrès ^c   Simon, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum; Parthenogenesis; Phenotypic plasticity; Resistance; Symbiont; Virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APHID; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; GENOME, INSECT; GENOMICS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PLANTS;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; HEXAPODA; METAZOA;

EID: 46449090254     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-21-6-0701     Document Type: Review

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