Characterization of the doublesex gene within the Culex pipiens complex suggests regulatory plasticity at the base of the mosquito sex determination cascade

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Price, Dana C ^a   Egizi, Andrea ^a   Fonseca, Dina M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex pipiens; Culex quinquefasciatus; doublesex; mab 3; Sex determination; Sterile insect technique; Vector biology

Indexed keywords

DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE VECTOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; MALARIA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOSQUITO; PROTEIN; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; YELLOW FEVER;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; CULICINAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; METAZOA;

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; EXON; FEMALE; GENETICS; INTRON; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA SPLICING; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CULEX; CULICIDAE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXONS; FEMALE; INSECT PROTEINS; INTRONS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA SPLICING; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 84938959270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0386-1     Document Type: Article

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