The whole genome sequence of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), reveals insights into the biology and adaptive evolution of a highly invasive pest species - Papanicolaou, Alexie; Schetelig, Marc F.; Arensburger, Peter; Atkinson, Peter W.; Benoit, Joshua B.; Bourtzis, Kostas; Castañera, Pedro; Cavanaugh, John P.; Chao, Hsu; Childers, Christopher; Curril, Ingrid; Dinh, Huyen; et al. (Genome Biology, 2016)
Keywords: Animals; Animals, Genetically Modified - genetics; Aquaporins; Biological Evolution; Ceratitis capitata; Ceratitis capitata - genetics; Chemoreception; Drosophila; Evolution & development; evolutionary adaptation; fruits; Gene families; genes; Genetic analysis; Genome, Insect; Genomes; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing - methods; Host range; human health; Humans; imagos; Inbreeding; insect pests; insecticides; integrated pest management; Introduced Species; Invasiveness; metabolism; Molecular Sequence Annotation; Niches; Nucleotide sequence; opsin; Opsins; Pest control; Pest Control, Biological; Pests; sterile insect technique; Sterilized organisms; Structure-function relationships; subtropics; vegetables; Chromosomal synteny; Insect adaptation; Medfly genome; Insect orthology; Gene family evolution; Tephritid genomics; Insect invasiveness; Medfly integrated pest management (IPM)