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T J Merritt1, S LaForest, G D Prestwich, J M Quattro, R G Vogt.
Abstract
We have isolated and characterized cDNAs representing two distinct pheromone binding proteins (PBPs) from the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar. We use the L. dispar protein sequences, along with other published lepidopteran PBPs, to investigate the evolutionary relationships among genes within the PBP multigene family. Our analyses suggest that the presence of two distinct PBPs in genera representing separate moth superfamilies is the result of relatively recent, independent, gene duplication events rather than a single, ancient, duplication. We discuss this result with respect to the biochemical diversification of moth PBPs.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9493352 DOI: 10.1007/pl00006303
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Mol Evol ISSN: 0022-2844 Impact factor: 2.395