The gene transformer-2 of Anastrepha fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) and its evolution in insects

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Sarno, Francesca ^a   Ruiz, María F ^a   Eirín Lápez, José M ^b   Perondini, André Lp ^c   Selivon, Denise ^a,c   Sànchez, Lucas ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; SEX DETERMINATION;

ANASTREPHA; CALLIPHORIDAE; CERATITIS; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILIDAE; HEXAPODA; MUSCIDAE; TEPHRITIDAE;

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; INSECT PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; TEPHRITIDAE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 77952054217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-140     Document Type: Article

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