Open AccessEvolution of a multigene family of chorion proteins in silkmoths.
Author(s) -
George C. Rodakis,
Nicholas Κ. Moschonas,
Fotis C. Kafatos
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
molecular and cellular biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.14
H-Index - 327
eISSN - 1067-8824
pISSN - 0270-7306
DOI - 10.1128/mcb.2.5.554
Subject(s) - biology , antheraea pernyi , gene , genetics , bombyx mori , protein family , gene family , molecular evolution , dna , bombyx , evolutionary biology , genome
The evolution of the A family of chorion genes was examined by comparing new protein and DNA sequences from the silkmoths Antheraea pernyi and Bombyx mori with previously known sequences from Antheraea polyphemus. The comparisons indicated that the A family and its major subfamilies are ancient and revealed how parts of the genes corresponding to distinct regions of the protein structure have evolved, both by base substitutions and by segmental reduplications and deletions.