Article
A heterozygous moth genome provides insights into herbivory and detoxification.
Nature genetics - 1 Feb 2013
You Minsheng, Yue Zhen, He Weiyi, Yang Xinhua, Yang Guang, Xie Miao, Zhan Dongliang, Baxter Simon W, Vasseur Liette, Gurr Geoff M, Douglas Carl J, Bai Jianlin, Wang Ping, Cui Kai, Huang Shiguo, Li Xianchun, Zhou Qing, Wu Zhangyan, Chen Qilin, Liu Chunhui, Wang Bo, Li Xiaojing, Xu Xiufeng, Lu Changxin, Hu Min, Davey John W, Smith Sandy M, Chen Mingshun, Xia Xiaofeng, Tang Weiqi, Ke Fushi, Zheng Dandan, Hu Yulan, Song Fengqin, You Yanchun, Ma Xiaoli, Peng Lu, Zheng Yunkai, Liang Yong, Chen Yaqiong, Yu Liying, Zhang Younan, Liu Yuanyuan, Li Guoqing, Fang Lin, Li Jingxiang, Zhou Xin, Luo Yadan, Gou Caiyun, Wang Junyi, Wang Jian, Yang Huanming, Wang Jun
Abstract excerpt
How an insect evolves to become a successful herbivore is of profound biological and practical importance. Herbivores are often adapted to feed on a specific group of evolutionarily and biochemically related host plants, but the genetic and molecular bases for adaptation to plant defense compounds remain poorly understood. We report the first whole-genome sequence of a basal lepidopteran species, Plutella...
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