Table 1 Number of EcR isoforms and variable regions in different species.

From: Structure and function of the alternatively spliced isoforms of the ecdysone receptor gene in the Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis

Species

Taxonomy (subphylum/class)

Number of isoforms

Varied regions

References

Callinectes sapidus

Crustacea/Malacostraca

4

D region, E region

35

Marsupenaeus japonicas

Crustacea/Malacostraca

4

A/B region

42

D region,

E region

Homarus americanus

Crustacea/Malacostraca

2

E region

34

Macrobrachium nipponense

Crustacea/Malacostraca

4

D region, E region

33

Uca pugilator

Crustacea/Malacostraca

4

D region, E region

69

Crangon crangon

Crustacea/Malacostraca

3

E region

56

Daphnia magna

Crustacea/Branchiopoda

3

A/B region

32

Scylla paramamosain

Crustacea/Malacostraca

3

D region, E region

57

Macrobrachium rosenbergii

Crustacea/Malacostraca

4

E region

KM886342,

KM886341

KM886340,

KM886339

Litopenaeus vannamei

Crustacea/Malacostraca

8

A/B region,

70

D region,

E region

Eriocheir sinensis

Crustacea/Malacostraca

4

D, E region

This study

Drosophila

Hexapod/Insecta

3

A/B region

18

Manduca sexta

Hexapod/Insecta

2

A/B region

21

Chilo suppressalis

Hexapod/Insecta

2

A/B region

23

Tribolium castaneum

Hexapod/Insecta

2

A/B region

50

Choristoneura fumiferana

Hexapod/Insecta

2

A/B region

37

Omphisa fuscidentalis

Hexapod/Insecta

2

A/B region

24

Camponotus japonicas

Hexapod/Insecta

2

A/B region

71

Nasonia vitripennis

Hexapod/Insecta

2

A/B region

17

Leptinotarsa decemlineata

Hexapod/Insecta

2

A/B region

72

Tenebrio molitor

Hexapod/Insecta

2

A/B region

73

Harmonia axyridis

Hexapod/Insecta

2

A/B region

74

Epilachna vigintioctopunctata

Hexapod/Insecta

2

A/B region

74

Bombyx mori

Hexapod/Insecta

3

A/B region

75

A. aegypti

Hexapod/Insecta

2

A/B region

76

Diploptera punctata

Hexapod/Insecta

3

A/B region

27

Monochamus alternatus

Hexapod/Insecta

2

A/B region

77

Schistocerca gregaria

Hexapod/Insecta

2

A/B region

78

Sciara coprophila

Hexapod/Insecta

2

A/B region

79

Nezara viridula

Hexapod/Insecta

2

A/B region

80

Apis mellifera

Hexapod/Insecta

2

A/B region

17