Search results for "diapaussi"
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Sequencing, De Novo Assembly and Annotation of the Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, Transcriptome
2012
Background. The Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) is a major pest and a serious threat to potato cultivation throughout the northern hemisphere. Despite its high importance for invasion biology, phenology and pest management, little is known about L. decemlineata from a genomic perspective. We subjected European L. decemlineata adult and larval transcriptome samples to 454-FLX massively-parallel DNA sequencing to characterize a basal set of genes from this species. We created a combined assembly of the adult and larval datasets including the publicly available midgut larval Roche 454 reads and provided basic annotation. We were particularly interested in diapause-specific g…
Myo-inositol as a main metabolite in overwintering flies: seasonal metabolomic profiles and cold stress tolerance in a northern drosophilid fly
2012
SUMMARY Coping with seasonal changes in temperature is an important factor underlying the ability of insects to survive over the harsh winter conditions in the northern temperate zone, and only a few drosophilids have been able to colonize sub-polar habitats. Information on their winter physiology is needed as it may shed light on the adaptive mechanisms of overwintering when compared with abundant data on the thermal physiology of more southern species, such as Drosophila melanogaster. Here we report the first seasonal metabolite analysis in a Drosophila species. We traced changes in the cold tolerance and metabolomic profiles in adult Drosophila montana flies that were exposed to thermope…
Pre-invasion history and demography shape the genetic variation in the insecticide resistance-related acetylcholinesterase 2 gene in the invasive Col…
2012
Abstract Background Invasive pest species offers a unique opportunity to study the effects of genetic architecture, demography and selection on patterns of genetic variability. Invasive Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) populations have experienced a rapid range expansion and intense selection by insecticides. By comparing native and invasive beetle populations, we studied the origins of organophosphate (OP) resistance-associated mutations in the acetylcholinesterase 2 (AChE2) gene, and the role of selection and demography on its genetic variability. Results Analysis of three Mexican, two US and five European populations yielded a total of 49 haplotypes. Contrary to the exp…
Kylmän aiheuttamat muutokset dca- ja frost-geenien toiminnassa drosophila montana -mahlakärpäsellä
2010
Couch potato -kandidaattigeenissä esiintyvän mutaation vaikutus Drosophila montana -naaraiden lisääntymislepokauteen
2010
Diapaussi on fysiologinen lepotila, jonka aikana eliön elintoiminnot, kasvu ja kehitys hidastuvat ja ääriolosuhteiden, kuten alhaisten lämpötilojen ja kuivuuden, sietokyky paranee. Lisääntymislepokaudella tarkoitetaan aikuisilla hyönteisillä esiintyvää diapaussin muotoa, jonka aikana lisääntymiseen liittyvät toiminnot hidastuvat tai pysähtyvät kokonaan. Drosophila melanogaster -lajin lisääntymislepokauteen on liitetty useita kandidaattigeenejä, joista yksi on couch potato (cpo), ja tämän geenin yhteydestä lisääntymislepokauteen on saatu viitteitä myös pohjoisella D. montana -lajilla. Pro gradu -työssäni tarkasteltiin cpo-geenissä esiintyvän 19 emäsparin kokoisen deleetiomutaation yleisyyttä…