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Ecological adaption analysis of the cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii) in different phenotypes by transcriptome comparison.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Li Zhao-Qun, Zhang Shuai, Luo Jun-Yu, Wang Chun-Yi, Lv Li-Min, Dong Shuang-Lin, Cui Jin-Jie
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BACKGROUND: The cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover, is a destructive insect pest worldwide; it directly or indirectly damages (virus transmission) 300 species of host plants. Knowledge of their ecologically adaptive mechanisms at the molecular level may provide an essential and urgent method to effectively control this pest. However, no transcriptome information is available for the cotton aphid and sequence...
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