Date of Award
5-2009
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Legacy Department
Genetics
Committee Chair/Advisor
Lawton-Rauh, Amy L
Committee Member
Heckel , David G
Committee Member
Morris , James C
Committee Member
Turnbull , Matthew W
Abstract
Research on insects, the most successful group from all metazoans on earth, has important societal, as well as scientific benefits. Insects occupy a wide range of roles, which have an effect on human life either because the former pose serious threats to public health and commercial crops as well as in some cases represent the only way to propagate food resources. Despite their tremendous importance, insect genomics remained an uneven territory dominated by studies in the Drosophila group and the mosquitoes. This dissertation attempts to: 1) report on advances in the development and characterization of genomic tools for species of the order Hymenoptera in the hopes of helping to close this gap; and 2) to shed light on the organization, origin and evolution of genes of the Hox cluster in species of the order Hymenoptera through molecular evolution analyses that were possible thanks to the availability of the aforementioned genomic resources.
Recommended Citation
Munoz-torres, Monica, "COMPARATIVE GENOMICS AND MOLECULAR EVOLUTION: NEW GENOMIC RESOURCES FOR THE HYMENOPTERA AND EVOLUTIONARY STUDIES ON THE GENES OF THE Nasonia vitripennis HOX COMPLEX." (2009). All Dissertations. 342.
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_dissertations/342