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Glendening A, Stephens C, Vuruputoor V, Stern D, Hogenhout S, Mathers T, et al.
bioRxiv . 2024 Nov; PMID: 39605547
Two invasive hemipteran adelgids cause widespread damage to North American conifers. (the hemlock woolly adelgid) has decimated and (the Eastern and Carolina hemlocks, respectively). was introduced from East Asia and...
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Bray S, Hamala T, Zhou M, Busoms S, Fischer S, Desjardins S, et al.
Cell Rep . 2024 Aug; 43(8):114576. PMID: 39116207
Whole-genome duplication (WGD) occurs in all kingdoms and impacts speciation, domestication, and cancer outcome. However, doubled DNA management can be challenging for nascent polyploids. The study of within-species polyploidy (autopolyploidy)...
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Mathers T, Wouters R, Mugford S, Biello R, Van Oosterhout C, Hogenhout S
BMC Biol . 2023 Jul; 21(1):157. PMID: 37443008
Background: Aphids are common crop pests. These insects reproduce by facultative parthenogenesis involving several rounds of clonal reproduction interspersed with an occasional sexual cycle. Furthermore, clonal aphids give birth to...
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Jackson H, Percival-Alwyn L, Ryan C, Albeshr M, Venturi L, Morales H, et al.
Conserv Biol . 2022 May; 36(4):e13918. PMID: 35554972
The pink pigeon (Nesoenas mayeri) is an endemic species of Mauritius that has made a remarkable recovery after a severe population bottleneck in the 1970s to early 1990s. Prior to...
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Singh K, Cordeiro E, Troczka B, Pym A, Mackisack J, Mathers T, et al.
Commun Biol . 2021 Jul; 4(1):847. PMID: 34234279
The aphid Myzus persicae is a destructive agricultural pest that displays an exceptional ability to develop resistance to both natural and synthetic insecticides. To investigate the evolution of resistance in...
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Mathers T, Mugford S, Hogenhout S, Tripathi L
G3 (Bethesda) . 2020 Oct; 10(12):4315-4321. PMID: 33004433
The banana aphid, Coquerel (Hemiptera: Aphididae), is a major pest of cultivated bananas ( spp., order Zingiberales), primarily due to its role as a vector of (BBTV), the most severe...
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Biello R, Singh A, Godfrey C, Fernandez Fernandez F, Mugford S, Powell G, et al.
Mol Ecol Resour . 2020 Sep; 21(1):316-326. PMID: 32985768
Woolly apple aphid (WAA, Eriosoma lanigerum Hausmann) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) is a major pest of apple trees (Malus domestica, order Rosales) and is critical to the economics of the apple industry...
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Mathers T, Wouters R, Mugford S, Swarbreck D, Van Oosterhout C, Hogenhout S
Mol Biol Evol . 2020 Sep; 38(3):856-875. PMID: 32966576
Chromosome rearrangements are arguably the most dramatic type of mutations, often leading to rapid evolution and speciation. However, chromosome dynamics have only been studied at the sequence level in a...
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Chen Y, Singh A, Kaithakottil G, Mathers T, Gravino M, Mugford S, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 2020 May; 117(23):12763-12771. PMID: 32461369
Aphids are sap-feeding insects that colonize a broad range of plant species and often cause feeding damage and transmit plant pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, and viroids. These insects feed from...
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Mathers T
G3 (Bethesda) . 2020 Jan; 10(3):899-906. PMID: 31969427
Aphids are an economically important insect group due to their role as plant disease vectors. Despite this economic impact, genomic resources have only been generated for a small number of...