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Current knowledge on genes and genomes of phytophagous beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea, Curculionoidea): a review
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Keywords. Cerambycidae, Chrysomelidae, Curculionidae, development genes, diapause genes, gene databases, genomics, insect resistance genes, phytophagy genes
Abstract. Fifteen years after the publication of the first genomic sequence of a phytophagous beetle, we review here the wealth of genetic and genomic information generated so far for the species-rich beetle superfamilies Chrysomeloidea (longhorn, seed and leaf beetles) and Curculionoidea (weevils and bark beetles). In this review ...
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