Nature Communications (Jan 2021)
White pupae phenotype of tephritids is caused by parallel mutations of a MFS transporter
- Christopher M. Ward,
- Roswitha A. Aumann,
- Mark A. Whitehead,
- Katerina Nikolouli,
- Gary Leveque,
- Georgia Gouvi,
- Elisabeth Fung,
- Sarah J. Reiling,
- Haig Djambazian,
- Margaret A. Hughes,
- Sam Whiteford,
- Carlos Caceres-Barrios,
- Thu N. M. Nguyen,
- Amanda Choo,
- Peter Crisp,
- Sheina B. Sim,
- Scott M. Geib,
- František Marec,
- Irina Häcker,
- Jiannis Ragoussis,
- Alistair C. Darby,
- Kostas Bourtzis,
- Simon W. Baxter,
- Marc F. Schetelig
Affiliations
- Christopher M. Ward
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide
- Roswitha A. Aumann
- Department of Insect Biotechnology in Plant Protection, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Institute for Insect Biotechnology
- Mark A. Whitehead
- Centre for Genomic Research, Institute of Integrative Biology, The Biosciences Building
- Katerina Nikolouli
- Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture
- Gary Leveque
- McGill University Genome Centre, McGill University
- Georgia Gouvi
- Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture
- Elisabeth Fung
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide
- Sarah J. Reiling
- McGill University Genome Centre, McGill University
- Haig Djambazian
- McGill University Genome Centre, McGill University
- Margaret A. Hughes
- Centre for Genomic Research, Institute of Integrative Biology, The Biosciences Building
- Sam Whiteford
- Centre for Genomic Research, Institute of Integrative Biology, The Biosciences Building
- Carlos Caceres-Barrios
- Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture
- Thu N. M. Nguyen
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide
- Amanda Choo
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide
- Peter Crisp
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide
- Sheina B. Sim
- USDA-ARS Daniel K. Inouye US Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center
- Scott M. Geib
- USDA-ARS Daniel K. Inouye US Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center
- František Marec
- Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology
- Irina Häcker
- Department of Insect Biotechnology in Plant Protection, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Institute for Insect Biotechnology
- Jiannis Ragoussis
- McGill University Genome Centre, McGill University
- Alistair C. Darby
- Centre for Genomic Research, Institute of Integrative Biology, The Biosciences Building
- Kostas Bourtzis
- Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture
- Simon W. Baxter
- Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne
- Marc F. Schetelig
- Department of Insect Biotechnology in Plant Protection, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Institute for Insect Biotechnology
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20680-5
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
The white pupae (wp) phenotype has been used for decades to selectively remove females of tephritid species in genetic sexing, but the determining gene is unknown. Here, the authors show that wp phenotype is produced by parallel mutations in a Major Facilitator Superfamily domain containing gene across multiple species.
