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Published in final edited form as: J Insect Physiol. 2007 Oct 25;54(2):367–377. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.10.007

Table 1.

AKH family members known for Diptera

Name	Sequence	Species
`Tabat–AKH`	`pQLTFTPGWa`	T. atratus¹ and other Tabanus spp.²
`–HoTH`	`pQLTFTPGWGYa`	T. atratus¹ and other Tabanus spp.²
`Phote–HrTH`	`pQLTFSPDWa`	P. terraenovae³, D. melanogaster⁴, and N. bullata⁵
`Anoga–HrTH` `(Anoga–AKH–I)`	`pQLTFTPAWa`	A. gambiae⁶
`–AKH–II`	`pQVTFSRDWNAa`	A. gambiae⁶, A. aegypti⁷, and C. pipiens⁸
`Aedae–AKH–I`	`pQLTFTPSWa`	A. aegypti⁷ and C. pipiens⁸

Bold letters illustrate conserved amino acids.

Jaffe et al., 1988.

AKHs in T. calens T. lineola T. proximus T. suluciforns same as in T. atratus (Woodring and Leprince, 1992).

Gäde et al., 1990.

⁴

Schaffer et al., 1990.

⁵

Verleyen et al., 2004.

⁶

Kaufmann and Brown, 2006.

⁷

Predicted in the A. aegypti genome data base, Aedae-AKH-I: GeneID, AAEL011996; and AKH-II same in A. gambiae and A. aegypti: GeneID, AAEL010950.

⁸

Predicted in the C. pipiens genome data base, Aedae-AKH-I or Culpi-AKH-I: GeneID, 145648990; and AKH-II same in A. gambiae, A. aegypti, and C. pipens: GeneID, 145648990.