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Table 2 Comparison of GST gene numbers of various insect species*

From: Characterization and expression profiling of glutathione S-transferases in the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.)

Insect species

Delta

Epsilon

Omega

Sigma

Theta

Zeta

Unclassified

Total

P. xylostella

5

5

5

2

1

2

2

22

B. mori

4

8

4

2

1

2

2

23

C. quinquefasciatus

17

10

1

2

6

0

3

39

D. melanogaster

11

14

5

1

4

2

0

37

A. gambiae

12

8

1

1

2

1

3

28

A. aegypti

8

8

1

1

4

1

3

27

T. castaneum

3

19

3

7

1

1

2

36

N. vitripennis

5

0

2

8

3

1

0

19

A. mellifera

1

0

1

4

1

1

0

8

A. pisum

9

0

2

5

2

0

6

24

P. humanus

4

0

1

4

1

1

0

11

  1. *Data were from cited literature: Friedman (2011) [30], Oakeshott et al. (2010) [31], Yu et al. (2008) [28], Ding et al.(2003) [29] and Nair et al.(2011) [32].