Three Melanin Pathway Genes, <i>TH</i>, <i>yellow</i>, and <i>aaNAT</i>, Regulate Pigmentation in the Twin-Spotted Assassin Bug, <i>Platymeris biguttatus</i> (Linnaeus)

Three Melanin Pathway Genes, <i>TH</i>, <i>yellow</i>, and <i>aaNAT</i>, Regulate Pigmentation in the Twin-Spotted Assassin Bug, <i>Platymeris biguttatus</i> (Linnaeus)

Pigmentation plays a vital role in insect survival and reproduction. Many melanin pathway genes have been studied in holometabolous insects; however, they have only been studied in two hemimetabolous insect genera, <i>Oncopeltus</i> and <i>Periplaneta</i>. Here we analyzed th...

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Main Authors: Yinqiao Zhang, Hu Li, Juan Du, Junzheng Zhang, Jie Shen, Wanzhi Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-06-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Subjects:
<i>Platymeris biguttatus</i>
pigmentation
tyrosine hydroxylase (<i>TH</i>)
<i>yellow</i>
arylalkylamine-<i>N</i>-acetyltransferase (<i>aaNAT</i>)
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