Large gene family expansions and adaptive evolution for odorant and gustatory receptors in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2073-2086

  Smadja, Carole ^a   Shi, Peng ^b   Butlin, Roger K ^a   Robertson, Hugh M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Gene family evolution; Gustation; Host plant specialization; Olfaction; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHID; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; ECOLOGY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOMICS; GUSTATORY RECEPTOR GENE; INSECT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ODOR; ODORANT RECEPTOR GENE; PEA; PEST CONTROL; RECEPTOR GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TASTE BUD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APHIDS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEAS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SELECTION, GENETIC;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 68949213759     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp116     Document Type: Article

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