Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase genes in the wild silkworm, Bombyx mandarina.

ABSTRACT: Wild (Bombyx mandarina) and domestic silkworms (B. mori) are good models for investigating insect domestication, as 5000 years of artificial breeding and selection have resulted in significant differences between B. mandarina and B. mori. In this study, we improved the genome assemblies to the chromosome level and updated the protein-coding gene annotations for B. mandarina. Based on this updated genome, we identified 68 cytochrome P450 genes in B. mandarina. The cytochrome P450 repository in B. mandarina is smaller than in B. mori. Certain currently unknown key genes, rather than gene number, are critical for insecticide resistance in B. mandarina, which shows greater resistance to insecticides than B. mori. Based on th

SUBMITTER: Wan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7866900 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature