Rapid Intraspecific Evolution of miRNA and siRNA Genes in the Mosquito Aedes aegypti

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Bernhardt, Scott A ^a   Simmons, Mark P ^a   Olson, Ken E ^a   Beaty, Barry J ^a   Blair, Carol D ^a   Black, William C ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MICRORNA; NUCLEOTIDE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARGONAUTE 1 GENE; ARGONAUTE 2 GENE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICER 1 GENE; DICER 2 GENE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INSECT GENETICS; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; R2D2 GENE; R3D1 GENE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE ORDER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MICRORNAS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SELECTION, GENETIC;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARBOVIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS; METAZOA; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 84866726749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044198     Document Type: Article

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