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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
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The genome of the model beetle and pest Tribolium castaneum
Nature, Volume 452, No. 7190, Year 2008
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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. ©2008 Nature Publishing Group.
Authors & Co-Authors
Richards, Stephen J.
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Gibbs, Richard A.L.
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Weinstock, George M.
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Beeman, Richard W.
United States, Washington, D.c.
United States Department of Agriculture
Bucher, Gregor L.
Germany, Gottingen
Georg-august-universität Göttingen
Friedrich, Markus
United States, Detroit
Wayne State University
Grimmelikhuijzen, Cornelis J.P.
Denmark, Copenhagen
Københavns Universitet
Tautz, Diethard
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Germany, Koln
Universität zu Köln
Zdobnov, Evgeny M.
Switzerland, Geneva
Université de Genève Faculté de Médecine
Switzerland, Lausanne
Sib Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
Muzny, Donna Marie
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Buhay, Christian J.
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Dinh, Huyen H.
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Gnirke, Andreas
Unknown Affiliation
Holder, Michael E.
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Jhangiani, Shalini N.
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Joshi, Vandita
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Khan, Ziad Mohid
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Jackson, Laronda
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Kovář, Christie L.
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Lee, Sandra L.
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Lewis, Lora R.
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Morgan, Margaret B.
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Nazareth, Lynne V.
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Nguyen, Ngoc Bich
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Okwuonu, Geoffrey O.
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Scherer, Steven Edward
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Sodergren, Erica J.
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Park, Yoonseong
United States, Manhattan
Kansas State University
Liu, Yue
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Worley, Kim Carlyle
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Elsik, Christine G.
United States, College Station
Texas A&m University
Reese, Justin T.
United States, College Station
Texas A&m University
Elhaik, Eran
United States, Houston
University of Houston
Graur, Dan
United States, Houston
University of Houston
Arensburger, Peter
United States, Riverside
University of California, Riverside
Atkinson, Peter W.
United States, Blacksburg
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Du, Yuzhou
China, Yangzhou
Yangzhou University
Robertson, Hugh M.
United States, Urbana
University of Illinois Urbana-champaign
Tu, Zhijian
United States, Blacksburg
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Song, Xingzhi Henry
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Zhang, Lan
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Stanke, Mario
Germany, Gottingen
Georg-august-universität Göttingen
Morgenstern, Burkhard
Germany, Gottingen
Georg-august-universität Göttingen
Kosarev, Peter
United States, Mount Kisco
Softberry, Inc.
Maglott, Donna R.
United States, Bethesda
National Center for Biotechnology Information Ncbi
Pruitt, Kim D.
United States, Bethesda
National Center for Biotechnology Information Ncbi
Waterhouse, Robert M.
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
Bork, Peer
Germany, Heidelberg
European Molecular Biology Laboratory Heidelberg
Germany, Berlin
Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine
Bao, Riyue
United States, Detroit
Wayne State University
Chaumot, Arnaud
France, Paris
Inrae
Ferrier, David Ellard Keith
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Lattorff, H. Michael G.
Germany, Halle
Martin-luther-universität Halle-wittenberg
Laudet, Vincent
France, Lyon
Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon
Wimmer, Ernst A.
Germany, Gottingen
Georg-august-universität Göttingen
Jones, Andrew K.
Unknown Affiliation
Sattelle, David Barry
Unknown Affiliation
Nelson, David L.G.
United States, Memphis
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Muthukrishnan, Subbaratnam
United States, Manhattan
Kansas State University
Krämer, Karl J.
United States, Washington, D.c.
United States Department of Agriculture
United States, Manhattan
Kansas State University
Arakane, Yasuyuki
United States, Washington, D.c.
United States Department of Agriculture
United States, Manhattan
Kansas State University
Lu, Zhiqiang
United States, Stillwater
Oklahoma State University
Marshall, Jeremy L.
United States, Manhattan
Kansas State University
United States, Stillwater
Oklahoma State University
Elpidina, Elena N.
Russian Federation, Moscow
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Evans, Jay D.
United States, Beltsville
Usda Ars Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
Vilcinskas, Andreas
Germany, Giessen
Justus-liebig-universität Gießen
Hultmark, Dan
Sweden, Umea
Umeå Universitet
Hauser, Frank
Denmark, Copenhagen
Københavns Universitet
Tanaka, Yoshiaki
Japan, Tsukuba
Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Naro
Predel, Reinhard
Germany, Jena
Friedrich-schiller-universität Jena
Neupert, Susanne
Germany, Jena
Friedrich-schiller-universität Jena
Verleyen, Peter
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven
Walden, Kimberly K.O.
United States, Urbana
University of Illinois Urbana-champaign
Angeli, Sergio
Unknown Affiliation
Forêt, Sylvain
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Schütz, Stefan
Germany, Gottingen
Georg-august-universität Göttingen
Maleszka, R.
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Statistics
Citations: 1,296
Authors: 76
Affiliations: 54
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1038/nature06784
ISSN:
00280836
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics