Amylase gene expression patterns in Helicoverpa armigera upon feeding on a range of host plants |
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Authors: | Kotkar Hemlata M Bhide Amey J Gupta Vidya S Giri Ashok P |
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Institution: | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. emily.wong@sydney.edu.au |
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Abstract: | Venoms contain highly complex mixtures that typically include hundreds of different components and have evolved independently in a diverse range of animals including platypuses, shrews, snakes, lizards, fishes, echinoderms, spiders, wasps, centipedes, sea snails, cephalopods, jellyfish and sea anemones. Many venom genes evolved through gene duplication. Gene duplication occurs in all domains of life and provides the raw substrate from which novel function arise. In this review, we focus on the role that gene duplication has played in the origin and diversification of venom genes. We outline the selective advantages of venom gene duplicates and the role that selection has played in the retention of these duplicates. We use toxin gene intermediates to help trace the evolution of toxin innovation. We also focus on other genomic processes, such as exon and domain duplications, in venom evolution. Finally, we conclude by focusing on the use of high throughput sequencing technology in understanding venom evolution. |
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Keywords: | PLA2 phospholipase A2 Ig immunoglobulin aa amino acids bp base pairs EST expressed sequence tag |
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