The genome of pest Rhynchophorus ferrugineus reveals gene families important at the plant-beetle interface

KM Hazzouri, N Sudalaimuthuasari, B Kundu… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
The red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, infests palm plantations, leading to large
financial losses and soil erosion. Pest-host interactions are poorly understood in R …

Rapid incidence estimation from SARS-CoV-2 genomes reveals decreased case detection in Europe during summer 2020

MR Smith, M Trofimova, A Weber, Y Duport… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract By October 2021, 230 million SARS-CoV-2 diagnoses have been reported. Yet, a
considerable proportion of cases remains undetected. Here, we propose GInPipe, a method …

A theory of resistance to multiplexed gene drive demonstrates the significant role of weakly deleterious natural genetic variation

BS Khatri, A Burt - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Evolution of resistance is a major barrier to successful deployment of gene-drive systems to
suppress natural populations, which could greatly reduce the burden of many vector-borne …

The clarifying role of time series data in the population genetics of HIV

AF Feder, PS Pennings, DA Petrov - PLoS genetics, 2021 - journals.plos.org
HIV can evolve remarkably quickly in response to antiretroviral therapies and the immune
system. This evolution stymies treatment effectiveness and prevents the development of an …

The population genetics of partial diapause, with applications to the aestivating malaria mosquito Anopheles coluzzii

R Mwima, TYJ Hui, JK Kayondo… - Molecular Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Diapause, a form of dormancy to delay or halt the reproductive development during
unfavourable seasons, has evolved in many insect species. One example is aestivation, an …

A large effective population size for established within-host influenza virus infection

CK Lumby, L Zhao, J Breuer, CJR Illingworth - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Strains of the influenza virus form coherent global populations, yet exist at the level of single
infections in individual hosts. The relationship between these scales is a critical topic for …

Deep-time demographic inference suggests ecological release as driver of neoavian adaptive radiation

P Houde, EL Braun, L Zhou - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
Assessing the applicability of theory to major adaptive radiations in deep time represents an
extremely difficult problem in evolutionary biology. Neoaves, which includes 95% of living …

[HTML][HTML] Concepts and methods for predicting viral evolution

M Meijers, D Ruchnewitz, J Eberhardt, M Karmakar… - ArXiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The seasonal human influenza virus undergoes rapid evolution, leading to significant
changes in circulating viral strains from year to year. These changes are typically driven by …

Contemporary Ne estimation using temporally spaced data with linked loci

TYJ Hui, JH Brenas, A Burt - Molecular Ecology Resources, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The contemporary effective population size is important in many disciplines including
population genetics, conservation science and pest management. One of the most popular …

Genetic Insights into the Adaptation of Endangered Sky Island Forb Pectis imberbis

SP Gilb - 2024 - search.proquest.com
This study explores the genetic variability and performance of endangered forb Pectis
imberbis under landscape stochasticity and environmental change. Using RADSeq …