Diversification of genes for carotenoid biosynthesis in aphids following an ancient transfer from a fungus

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 313-323

  Nováková, Eva ^a,b   Moran, Nancy A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum; Aphids; Carotenoid; Gene duplication; Insects; Lateral gene transfer

Indexed keywords

CAROTENE DESATURASE; CAROTENOID; ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADELGID; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INSECT GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUCOROMYCOTINA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEA APHID; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; ADELGIDAE; APHIDIDAE; ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; MACROSIPHINI;

EID: 84862848928     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr206     Document Type: Article

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