ArticleMobile DNA2016
Functional opsin retrogene in nocturnal moth.
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- The visual system of a nocturnal long-distance migrant, the Australian Bogong moth.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026Article
- Gene retroposition and functional diversification of retrocopies in the Rhus gall aphid Schlechtendalia chinensis.BMC genomics · 2026Article
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- Genomic exploration of retrocopies in Insect pests of plants and their role in the expansion of heat shock proteins superfamily as evolutionary targets.BMC genomics · 2024Article
- Opsin Gene Duplication in Lepidoptera: Retrotransposition, Sex Linkage, and Gene Expression.Molecular biology and evolution · 2023Article
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- Insect opsins and evo-devo: what have we learned in 25 years?Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2022Review
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- The evolution of opsin genes in five species of mirid bugs: duplication of long-wavelength opsins and loss of blue-sensitive opsins.BMC ecology and evolution · 2021Article
- Duplication and expression of horizontally transferred polygalacturonase genes is associated with host range expansion of mirid bugs.BMC evolutionary biology · 2019Article
- Sensory genes identification with head transcriptome of the migratory armyworm, Mythimna separata.Scientific reports · 2017Article
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6 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundRetrotransposed genes are different to other types of genes as they originate from a processed mRNA and are then inserted back into the genome. For a long time, the contribution of this mechanism to the origin of new genes, and hence to the evolutionary process, has been questioned as retrogenes usually lose their regulatory sequences upon insertion and generally decay into pseudogenes. In recent years, there is growing evidence, notably in mammals, that retrotransposition is an important process driving the origin of new genes, but the evidence in insects remains largely restricted to a few model species.
findingsBy sequencing the messenger RNA of three developmental stages (first and fifth instar larvae and adults) of the pest
conclusionsTogether the results of our evolutionary sequence analyses and gene expression data suggest that LWS2 is a functional gene, however, the relatively low level of expression in adults suggests that LWS2 is most likely not involved in mediating the visual process.
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