The researchers learned that the astonishing diversity of cadherin in pink bollworm from India is caused by alternative splicing, a novel mechanism of resistance that allows a single DNA sequence to code for many variants of a protein. (sciencedaily.com)
He said that by collaborating with Indian scientists, «we discovered that the same cadherin gene is associated with the resistance in India, but the mutations are different and much more numerous than the ones we found in lab - selected pink bollworm from Arizona.» (sciencedaily.com)
And in just eight individuals from India, we found 19 different cadherin variants that confer resistance. (sciencedaily.com)