Highly similar piggyBac elements in Bactrocera that share a common lineage with elements in noctuid moths

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 387-393

  Handler, A M ^a   Zimowska, G J ^a   Armstrong, K F ^b  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bactrocera; Bactrocera dorsalis complex; Horizontal transfer; Noctuid piggyBacs; PiggyBac; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

BACTROCERA DORSALIS; BACTROCERA FRAUENFELDI; BACTROCERA ZONATA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; TEPHRITIDAE; TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOTH; PHYLOGENY; TEPHRITIDAE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MOTHS; PHYLOGENY; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 54549116887     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2008.00813.x     Document Type: Article

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