The promise of insect genomics.
Insects are the largest animal group in the world and are ecologically and economically extremely important. This importance of insects is reflected by the existence of currently 24 insect genome projects. Our perspective discusses the state-of-the-art of these genome projects and the impacts that they have on basic insect science and pest control.
Grimmelikhuijzen
Cornelis J P
CJ
Centre for Functional and Comparative Insect Genomics, Department of Cell Biology and Comparative Zoology, Institute of Biology, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. cgrimmelikhuijzen@bi.ku.dk
Cazzamali
Giuseppe
G
Williamson
Michael
M
Hauser
Frank
F
D000818:Animals; D049750:Genome, Insect; D023281:Genomics; D007300:Insect Control; D007313:Insecta / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*