De novo characterization of the gene-rich transcriptomes of two color-polymorphic spiders, Theridion grallator and T. californicum (Araneae: Theridiidae), with special reference to pigment genes

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Croucher, Peter J P ^a   Brewer, Michael S ^a   Winchell, Christopher J ^b   Oxford, Geoff S ^c   Gillespie, Rosemary G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Araneae; cDNA; Color; Ommochrome; Pigmentation; Polymorphism; Pteridine; RNA seq; Spider

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GUANINE; PIGMENT; PTERIDINE; RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; OMMOCHROME; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PTERIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; COLOR; DNA LIBRARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT GENE; PIGMENTATION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPIDER; THERIDION CALIFORNICUM; THERIDION GRALLATOR; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY;

ARANEAE; ARANEAE THERIDIIDAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; THERIDIIDAE; THERIDION; THERIDION GRALLATOR;

ANIMALS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE LIBRARY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTHIAZINES; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PTERIDINES; SPIDERS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84889073986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-862     Document Type: Article

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