Genome size evolution in the beetle genus <i>Diabrotica</i>

Dimpal Lata; Brad S Coates; Kimberly K O Walden; Hugh M Robertson; Nicholas J Miller

doi:10.1093/g3journal/jkac052

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics (Mar 2022)

Genome size evolution in the beetle genus <i>Diabrotica</i>

Dimpal Lata,
Brad S Coates,
Kimberly K O Walden,
Hugh M Robertson,
Nicholas J Miller

Affiliations

Dimpal Lata: ORCiD; Department of Biological Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
Brad S Coates: ORCiD; USDA-ARS, Corn Insects & Crop Genetics Research Unit, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Kimberly K O Walden: ORCiD; Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61820, USA
Hugh M Robertson: ORCiD; Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61820, USA
Nicholas J Miller: ORCiD; Department of Biological Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkac052
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 4

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AbstractDiabrocite corn rootworms are one of the most economically significant pests of maize in the United States and Europe and an emerging model for insect–plant interactions. Genome sizes of several species in the genus DiabroticaAcalymma vittatumDiabroticaAcalymma vittatumDiabrotica

Published in G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

ISSN: 2160-1836 (Online)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Genetics
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