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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gene. 2009 Aug 13;448(1):74–87. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2009.08.003

Table 5.

Comparison of bHLH genes present in Tribolium castaneum, Drosophila melanogaster, and Bombyx mori

Family Name T. castaneum D. melanogaster B. mori
bHLH-PAS 11 11 12
HES 8 12 7
Myc/ USF 5 4 5
Hand 2 2 2
Mesp 1 2 2
Shout 3 2 2
p48 3 3 2
NeuroD / Neurogenin 4 3 3
Atonal 3 3 1
AS- C 3 4 4
Miscellaneous 10 10 10
Total 53 56 52

Data for T. castaneum and D. melanogaster were from this study and data for B. mori was from a Bombyx study (Wang et al., 2007).