ContScout: sensitive detection and removal of contamination from annotated genomes

B Bálint, Z Merényi, B Hegedüs, IV Grigoriev… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Contamination of genomes is an increasingly recognized problem affecting several
downstream applications, from comparative evolutionary genomics to metagenomics. Here …

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated ebony knockout causes melanin pigmentation and prevents moth Eclosion in Ectropis grisescens

JL Li, SS Li, ZJ Luo, J Lu, XM Cai, ZX Luo… - Pesticide Biochemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Ectropis grisescens (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) is a destructive tea pest in China.
Mimesis, characterized by changing body color, is an important trait of E. grisescens larvae …

RNAi efficiency is enhanced through knockdown of double‐stranded RNA‐degrading enzymes in butterfly Papilio xuthus

Q Shu, G Liu, J He, P Hu, Z Dong… - Archives of Insect …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The efficiency of RNA interference (RNAi) has always limited the research on the phenotype
innovation of Lepidoptera insects. Previous studies have found that double‐stranded RNA …

[PDF][PDF] CRISPR/Cas9 基因编辑技术在害虫基因功能及害虫防治研究中的应用进展

向云菊, 张旺和, 徐进, 叶辉 - 农业生物技术学报, 2024 - journal05.magtech.org.cn
摘要CRISPR/Cas9 技术作为第3 代基因编辑技术, 凭借设计简单, 操作方便快捷,
使用成本低廉等特性, 在生命科学研究领域掀起了一场技术革命. 目前CRISPR/Cas9 …

Whole-genomes from the extinct Xerces Blue butterfly reveal low diversity and long-term population decline

C Lalueza-Fox, T de-Dios, C Fontsere… - Authorea …, 2024 - advance.sagepub.com
Abstract The Xerces Blue (Glaucopsyche xerces) is considered to be the first butterfly to
become extinct at global scale in historical times. It was notable for its chalky lavender wings …

[PDF][PDF] Establishment of CRISPR/Cas9-based knock-in in a hemimetabolous insect: targeted gene 1 tagging in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus 2

T Nakamura, CG Extavour - extavourlab.com
Studies of traditional model organisms like the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster have 32
contributed immensely to our understanding of the genetic basis of developmental …