Evolution of parasites in the Anthropocene: new pressures, new adaptive directions

R Poulin, PM Salloum, J Bennett - Biological Reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The Anthropocene is seeing the human footprint rapidly spreading to all of Earth's
ecosystems. The fast‐changing biotic and abiotic conditions experienced by all organisms …

Genome resequencing reveals rapid, repeated evolution in the Colorado potato beetle

B Pélissié, YH Chen, ZP Cohen… - Molecular Biology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Insecticide resistance and rapid pest evolution threatens food security and the development
of sustainable agricultural practices, yet the evolutionary mechanisms that allow pests to …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking adaptive pathways of invasive insects: novel insight from genomics

Z Sun, Y Chen, Y Chen, Z Lu, F Gui - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Despite the huge human and economic costs of invasive insects, which are the main group
of invasive species, their environmental impacts through various mechanisms remain …

[HTML][HTML] Evolutionary origin and distribution of amino acid mutations associated with resistance to sodium channel modulators in onion thrips, Thrips tabaci

A Jouraku, Y Tomizawa, K Watanabe, K Yamada… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
In onion thrips Thrips tabaci, reduced sensitivity of the sodium channel caused by several
sodium channel mutations have been correlated with pyrethroid resistance. For this study …

RNAseq-based gene expression profiling of the Anopheles funestus pyrethroid-resistant strain FUMOZ highlights the predominant role of the duplicated CYP6P9a/b …

CS Wondji, J Hearn, H Irving, MJ Wondji, G Weedall - G3, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Insecticide-based interventions, notably long-lasting insecticidal nets, against mosquito
vectors of malaria are currently threatened by pyrethroid resistance. Here, we contrasted …

Current stewardship practices in invasion biology limit the value and secondary use of genomic data

AL Vaughan, E Parvizi, P Matheson… - Molecular Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Invasive species threaten native biota, putting fragile ecosystems at risk and having a large‐
scale impact on primary industries. Growing trade networks and the popularity of personal …

The role of structural variants in pest adaptation and genome evolution of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)

ZP Cohen, SD Schoville, DJ Hawthorne - Molecular Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Structural variation has been associated with genetic diversity and adaptation. Despite these
observations, it is not clear what their relative importance is for evolution, especially in …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-Wide Selective Signature Analysis Revealed Insecticide Resistance Mechanisms in Cydia pomonella

WT Dai, J Li, LP Ban - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The codling moth, Cydia pomonella, is a quarantine pest that causes
extensive damage to many important pome fruits. To control this pest, insecticides are …

Inference of selective sweep parameters through supervised learning

IV Caldas, AG Clark, PW Messer - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
A selective sweep occurs when positive selection drives an initially rare allele to high
population frequency. In nature, the precise parameters of a sweep are seldom known: How …

Evidence of hard‐selective sweeps suggests independent adaptation to insecticides in Colorado potato beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) populations

ZP Cohen, YH Chen, R Groves… - Evolutionary …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pesticide resistance provides one of the best examples of rapid evolution to environmental
change. The Colorado potato beetle (CPB) has a long and noteworthy history as a super …