How are comparative genomics and the study of microRNAs changing our views on arthropod endocrinology and adaptations to the environment?

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-22

  Kenny, Nathan J ^a   Quah, Shan ^a   Holland, Peter W H ^a   Tobe, Stephen S ^b   Hui, Jerome H L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Comparative endocrinology; Comparative genomics; Juvenile hormone; MicroRNA; Next generation sequencing

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD HORMONE; DICER; FARNESOIC ACID; FARNESOIC ACID METHYL ESTER; HORMONE; JUVENILE HORMONE; MICRORNA; SESQUITERPENOID; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTHROPOD; BIOGENESIS; COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; CRUSTACEA; DEVELOPMENT; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOMICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; INSECT; LARVAL STAGE; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TETRACONATA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84878980721     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.02.013     Document Type: Review

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