The characteristics and expression profiles of the mitochondrial genome for the Mediterranean species of the Bemisia tabaci complex.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The whiteflies under the name Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Aleyrodidae: Hemiptera) are species complex of at least 31 cryptic species some of which are globally invasive agricultural pests. Previously, the mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of the indigenous New World B. tabaci species was sequenced and major differences of gene order from the postulated whitefly ancestral gene order were found. However, the sequence and gene order of mitogenomes in other B. tabaci species are unknown. In addition, the sequence divergences and gene expression profiles of mitogenomes in the B. tabaci species complex remain completely unexplored.

Results

In this study, we obtained the complete mitogenome (15,632 bp) of the invasive Mediterranean (MED), which has been identified as the

SUBMITTER: Wang HL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3691742 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature