[HTML][HTML] Evolutionary consequences of long-distance dispersal in mosquitoes

TL Schmidt - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Long-distance dispersal underlies the global threat of mosquito disease•Long-
distance dispersal and active flight should be analysed as distinct processes•Insecticide …

Rapid Adaptation and Interspecific Introgression in the North American Crop Pest Helicoverpa zea

HL North, Z Fu, R Metz, MA Stull… - Molecular Biology …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Insect crop pests threaten global food security. This threat is amplified through the spread of
nonnative species and through adaptation of native pests to control measures. Adaptations …

Allopolyploidy expanded gene content but not pangenomic variation in the hexaploid oilseed Camelina sativa

KA Bird, JR Brock, PP Grabowski, AM Harder… - Genetics, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Myosin storage myopathy (MSM) is a rare skeletal muscle disorder caused by mutations in
the slow muscle/β-cardiac myosin heavy chain (MHC) gene. MSM missense mutations …

A single mutation G454A in the P450 CYP9K1 drives pyrethroid resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles funestus reducing bed net efficacy

CS Djoko Tagne, MFM Kouamo, M Tchouakui… - Genetics, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Metabolic mechanisms conferring pyrethroid resistance in malaria vectors are jeopardizing
the effectiveness of insecticide-based interventions, and identification of their markers is a …

Genomic diversity of the African malaria vector Anopheles funestus

M Bodde, J Nwezeobi, P Korlevic, A Makunin… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Anopheles funestus ss is a formidable human malaria vector across sub-Saharan Africa. To
understand how the species is evolving, especially in response to malaria vector control, we …