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Table 1 Number of amino acid transporters (AAT) in sampled insects relative to their life history

From: Plant manipulation through gall formation constrains amino acid transporter evolution in sap-feeding insects

    

AAT

Species

Life History

Host

APC

AAAP

Total

Daktulosphaira vitifoliae*

Root & leaf galls

Vitis

11

12

23

Phylloxera caryaecaulis

Petiole gall

Carya glabra

10

16

26

P. caryaemagna

Petiole gall

C. cordiformis

10

15

25

P. subelliptica

Petiole gall

C. ovata

10

12

22

P. caryaevenae

Leaf gall: fold

C. glabra

8

12

20

P. foveola

Leaf gall: round

C. glabra

7

14

21

P. foveata

Leaf gall: round

C. glabra

13

17

30

P. caryaefallax

Leaf gall: round

C. ovata

9

14

23

P. quercus

Free-living

Quercus

19

24

43

Acyrthosiphon pisum*

Free-living

Fabaceae

18

21

39

Myzus persicae*

Free-living

Diverse

16

20(20)

36

Pemphigus obesinymphae

Petiole gall

Populus

11(12)

14(14) + 4

29

Pemphigus populicaulis

Petiole gall

Populus

12

18

30

Tamalia coweni

Leaf gall

Arctostaphylos

12(9)

16(13) + 5

33

Tamalia inquilinus

Inquiline

Arctostaphylos

10

17

27

Average

Galling

 

10

14

24

Average

Free-living

 

17

21

38

Outgroups: Sternorrhyncha

  Planococcus citri

Free-living

Diverse

10

28

38

  Bemisia tabaci

Free-living

Diverse

12

24

36

  Bactericera cockerelli

Free-living

Diverse

10

25

28

Outgroup: Non-herbivore

  Drosophila melanogaster

Free-living

NA

10

15

25

  1. All gene counts for insects in this study followed the substitution rate method described in the methods except where genomes were available (*). Gene counts are compared to those from [9] show within parentheses, which used a similar gene coalescing method. Some AAAP genes that are expanded in non-arthropods were not reported in previous studies but were in the current study and are designated using “+”. Outgroup Sternorrhyncha herbivores gene counts (from [9]) and non-herbivore Drosophila melanogaster are shown
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BMC Ecology and Evolution

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