Large-scale RNAi screen of G protein-coupled receptors involved in larval growth, molting and metamorphosis in the red flour beetle

Table 1 The number of T. castaneum GPCRs of each class in comparison to B. mori and D. melanogaster

	T. castaneum	B. mori	D. melanogaster
Class A Rhodopsin-like	74	63	71
Biogenic amine	20	16	22
Peptide	42	35	38
Protein hormone	4	2	4
Purine	1	1	1
Others	7	9	4
Class B Secretin receptor-like	19	9	24
Class C Metabotropic glutamate receptor-like Metabotropic glutamate receptor-like	11	9	9
Class D Atypical GPCRs	7	3	6
Total	111	84	108

Data for T. castaneum are from this study and [11]. Data for B. mori are from [4]and D. melanogaster are from [2, 9] with modification.

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