| Title: | "Intraspecific nucleotide variation at the pheromone binding protein locus in the turnip moth, Agrotis segetum" |
| Author(s): | LaForest SM; Prestwich GD; Lofstedt C; |
| Address: | "Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA. laforest@mit.edu" |
| DOI: | 10.1046/j.1365-2583.1999.00143.x |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0962-1075 (Print) 0962-1075 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Inter- and intraspecific amino acid variability in the pheromone binding proteins (PBPs) of the Lepidoptera is believed to contribute to a molecular mechanism of pheromone blend discrimination. Messenger RNA coding for PBP sequence in Agrotis segetum (Noctuidae) was cloned, and nucleotide and inferred amino acid variation across a 769-bp region of a PBP locus was studied in two populations. A single gene copy was fully sequenced, revealing an intron/exon structure conserved with distant saturniids. While several nucleotide substitutions are predicted to result in amino acid replacement, tests for the presence of natural selection suggest that the observed variation is neutral. A phylogenetic analysis provides evidence that the two populations are in the process of genetic isolation" |
| Keywords: | "Amino Acid Sequence Animals Base Composition Base Sequence Brassica Carrier Proteins/*genetics *Genes, Insect *Genetic Variation *Insect Proteins Molecular Sequence Data Moths/classification/*genetics *Pheromones Species Specificity;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineLaForest, S M Prestwich, G D Lofstedt, C eng Comparative Study Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. England 2000/01/05 Insect Mol Biol. 1999 Nov; 8(4):481-90. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.1999.00143.x" |
