Gene discovery in an invasive tephritid model pest species, the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The medfly, Ceratitis capitata, is a highly invasive agricultural pest that has become a model insect for the development of biological control programs. Despite research into the behavior and classical and population genetics of this organism, the quantity of sequence data available is limited. We have utilized an expressed sequence tag (EST) approach to obtain detailed information on transcriptome signatures that relate to a variety of physiological systems in the medfly; this information emphasizes on reproduction, sex determination, and chemosensory perception, since the study was based on normalized cDNA libraries from embryos and adult heads.

Results

A total of 21,253 high-quality ESTs were obtained from the embryo and head libraries. Clustering analyses per

SUBMITTER: Gomulski LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2427042 | biostudies-literature | 2008 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature