De novo transcriptome analysis for examination of the nutrition metabolic system related to the evolutionary process through which stick insects gain the ability of flight (Phasmatodea)

Abstract Objective Insects are the most evolutionarily successful groups of organisms, and this success is largely due to their flight ability. Interestingly, some stick insects have lost their flight ability despite having wings. To elucidate the shift from wingless to flying forms during insect ev...

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Main Authors: Takuma Sakamoto, Shunya Sasaki, Nobuki Yamaguchi, Miho Nakano, Hiroki Sato, Kikuo Iwabuchi, Hiroko Tabunoki, Richard J. Simpson, Hidemasa Bono
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-021-05600-0