1. The genome of the model beetle and pest tribolium castaneum
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Richards, S, Gibbs, RA, Weinstock, GM, Brown, SJ, Denell, R, Beeman, RW, Gibbs, R, Bucher, G, Friedrich, M, Grimmelikhuijzen, CJ, Klingler, M, Lorenzen, M, Roth, S, Schröder, R, Tautz, D, Zdobnov, EM, Muzny, D, Attaway, T, Bell, S, Buhay, CJ, Chandrabose, MN, Chavez, D, Clerk-Blankenburg, KP, Cree, A, Dao, M, Davis, C, Chacko, J, Dinh, H, Dugan-Rocha, S, Fowler, G, Garner, TT, Garnes, J, Gnirke, A, Hawes, A, Hernandez, J, Hines, S, Holder, M, Hume, J, Jhangiani, SN, Joshi, V, Khan, ZM, Jackson, L, Kovar, C, Kowis, A, Lee, S, Lewis, LR, Margolis, J, Morgan, M, Nazareth, LV, Nguyen, N, Okwuonu, G, Parker, D, Ruiz, SJ, Santibanez, J, Savard, J, Scherer, SE, Schneider, B, Sodergren, E, Vattahil, S, Villasana, D, White, CS, Wright, R, Park, Y, Lord, J, Oppert, B, Brown, S, Wang, L, Weinstock, G, Liu, Y, Worley, K, Elsik, CG, Reese, JT, Elhaik, E, Landan, G, Graur, D, Arensburger, P, Atkinson, P, Beidler, J, Demuth, JP, Drury, DW, Du, YZ, Fujiwara, H, Maselli, V, Osanai, M, Robertson, HM, Tu, Z, Wang, JJ, Wang, S, Song, H, Zhang, L, Werner, D, Stanke, M, Morgenstern, B, Solovyev, V, Kosarev, P, Brown, G, Chen, HC, Ermolaeva, O, Hlavina, W, Kapustin, Y, Kiryutin, B, Kitts, P, Maglott, D, Pruitt, K, Sapojnikov, V, Souvorov, A, Mackey, AJ, Waterhouse, RM, Wyder, S, Kriventseva, EV, Kadowaki, T, Bork, P, Aranda, M, Bao, R, Beermann, A, Berns, N, Bolognesi, R, Bonneton, F, Bopp, D, Butts, T, Chaumot, A, Denell, RE, Ferrier, DE, Gordon, CM, Jindra, M, Lan, Q, Lattorff, HM, Laudet, V, von Levetsow, C, Liu, Z, Lutz, R, Lynch, JA, da Fonseca, RN, Posnien, N, Reuter, R, Schinko, JB, Schmitt, C, Schoppmeier, M, Shippy, TD, Simonnet, F, Marques-Souza, H, Tomoyasu, Y, Trauner, J, Van der Zee, M, Vervoort, M, Wittkopp, N, Wimmer, EA, Yang, X, Jones, AK, Sattelle, DB, Ebert, PR, Nelson, D, Scott, JG, Muthukrishnan, S, Kramer, KJ, Arakane, Y, Zhu, Q, Hogenkamp, D, Dixit, R, Jiang, H, Zou, Z, Marshall, J, Elpidina, E, Vinokurov, K, Oppert, C, Evans, J, Lu, Z, Zhao, P, Sumathipala, N, Altincicek, B, Vilcinskas, A, Williams, M, Hultmark, D, Hetru, C, Hauser, F, Cazzamali, G, Williamson, M, Li, B, Tanaka, Y, Predel, R, Neupert, S, Schachtner, J, Verleyen, P, Raible, F, Walden, KK, Angeli, S, Forêt, S, Schuetz, S, Maleszka, R, Miller, SC, Grossmann, D, MDC Library, and Zdobnov, Evgeny
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0106 biological sciences ,Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid/genetics ,Insecticides ,Proteome ,Genome, Insect ,Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System/genetics ,Genes, Insect ,Insect ,Receptors, Odorant ,01 natural sciences ,Genome ,Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled ,G-Protein-Coupled Receptors ,Genome, Insect/ genetics ,Oogenesis ,Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System ,RNA interference ,Odorant Receptors ,Caenorhabditis elegans ,Insect Genome ,Phylogeny ,media_common ,Genetics ,ddc:616 ,0303 health sciences ,Base Composition ,Neurotransmitter Agents ,Tribolium ,Multidisciplinary ,Neurotransmitter Agents/genetics ,Receptors, Odorant/genetics ,Vision, Ocular/genetics ,Telomere ,Insecticides/pharmacology ,DNA Transposable Elements/genetics ,Proteome/genetics ,Genes, Insect/ genetics ,Oogenesis/genetics ,Taste ,RNA Interference ,Growth and Development ,Drosophila melanogaster ,animal structures ,Nucleic Acid Repetitive Sequences ,Taste/genetics ,media_common.quotation_subject ,570 Life Sciences ,Biology ,010603 evolutionary biology ,610 Medical Sciences, Medicine ,03 medical and health sciences ,Humans ,Insect Genes ,Ocular Vision ,Animals ,Tribolium/classification/embryology/ genetics/physiology ,Red flour beetle ,Gene ,Drosophila ,Vision, Ocular ,030304 developmental biology ,Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid ,Growth and Development/genetics ,Telomere/genetics ,Body Patterning ,fungi ,biology.organism_classification ,Body Patterning/genetics ,Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases ,DNA Transposable Elements ,Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/genetics - Abstract
Tribolium castaneum is a member of the most species-rich eukaryotic order, a powerful model organism for the study of generalized insect development, and an important pest of stored agricultural products. We describe its genome sequence here. This omnivorous beetle has evolved the ability to interact with a diverse chemical environment, as shown by large expansions in odorant and gustatory receptors, as well as P450 and other detoxification enzymes. Development in Tribolium is more representative of other insects than is Drosophila, a fact reflected in gene content and function. For example, Tribolium has retained more ancestral genes involved in cell-cell communication than Drosophila, some being expressed in the growth zone crucial for axial elongation in short-germ development. Systemic RNA interference in T. castaneum functions differently from that in Caenorhabditis elegans, but nevertheless offers similar power for the elucidation of gene function and identification of targets for selective insect control.
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- 2008