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Comparative Genomics And Molecular Evolution: New Genomic Resources For The Hymenoptera And Evolutionary Studies On The Genes Of The Nasonia Vitripennis Hox Complex., Monica Munoz-Torres

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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 …