Genome-Wide Identification of the Gustatory Receptor Gene Family of the Invasive Pest, Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790)
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. R. ferrugineus Genetic Data
2.2. Gene Identification
2.3. Phylogenetic Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Antennal and Mouthpart Transcriptomes
3.1.1. Transcriptome Data
3.1.2. Gene Annotation and Expression Level
3.2. R. ferrugineus Gustatory Receptor Gene Family and Evolution
3.2.1. Gustatory Receptor Gene Family
3.2.2. Phylogenetic Analysis
3.2.3. Chromosomal Location
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Libraries | Details | Numbers |
---|---|---|
Male antenna | Total reads | 42,872,182 |
%GC | 38 | |
Female antenna | Total reads | 38,301,355 |
%GC | 36 | |
Male mouthparts | Total reads | 40,701,754 |
%GC | 38 | |
Female mouthparts | Total reads | 45,615,562 |
%GC | 37 | |
Pooled assembly | Min contig length | 101 |
Max contig length | 27,357 | |
N50 | 953 | |
Mean contig length | 381.73 | |
Total bases (bp) | 69,037,346 | |
Unique contigs (Unigenes) | 181,024 |
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Engsontia, P.; Satasook, C. Genome-Wide Identification of the Gustatory Receptor Gene Family of the Invasive Pest, Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790). Insects 2021, 12, 611. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12070611
Engsontia P, Satasook C. Genome-Wide Identification of the Gustatory Receptor Gene Family of the Invasive Pest, Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790). Insects. 2021; 12(7):611. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12070611
Chicago/Turabian StyleEngsontia, Patamarerk, and Chutamas Satasook. 2021. "Genome-Wide Identification of the Gustatory Receptor Gene Family of the Invasive Pest, Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790)" Insects 12, no. 7: 611. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12070611