Extremely small genomes in two unrelated dipteran insects with shared early developmental traits

Schmidt-Ott, Urs; Rafiqi, ABDUL; Sander, Klaus; Johnston, J.

doi:10.1007/s00427-009-0281-0

Extremely small genomes in two unrelated dipteran insects with shared early developmental traits

Schmidt-Ott U., Rafiqi A. M., Sander K., Johnston J. S.

DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION, cilt.219, sa.4, ss.207-210, 2009 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 219 Sayı: 4
Basım Tarihi: 2009
Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00427-009-0281-0
Dergi Adı: DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.207-210
Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
Bezmiâlem Vakıf Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

We discovered extremely small genomes (1C similar to 100 Mb) in the dipteran insects Coboldia fuscipes (Scatopsidae) and Psychoda cinerea (Psychodidae). The small genomes of these species cannot be explained by a fast developmental rate, which has been shown to correlate with small genome sizes in animals and plants but might accommodate the combined effects of other developmental traits, including small egg size, thin blastoderm layer, and long-germ development.