The glasshouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum, is a damaging crop pest and an invasive generalist capable of feeding on a broad range of host plants. As such this species has evolved mechanisms to circumvent the wide spectrum of anti-herbivore …
Recent research has shown that several managed bee species have specific P450 enzymes that are preadapted to confer intrinsic tolerance to some insecticides including certain neonicotinoids. However, the universality of this finding across managed …
Terpene synthases are widely distributed among microorganisms and have been mainly studied in members of the genus Streptomyces. However, little is known about the distribution and evolution of the genes for terpene synthases. Here, we performed …
Mutator-like elements (MULEs) are a significant superfamily of DNA transposons on account of their (i) great transpositional activity and propensity for insertion in or near gene sequences, (ii) their consequent high mutagenic capacity, and, (iii) …
The impact of pesticides on the health of bee pollinators is determined in part by the capacity of bee detoxification systems to convert these compounds to less toxic forms. For example, recent work has shown that cytochrome P450s of the CYP9Q …
Many non-model organisms lack reference genomes and the sequencing and de novo assembly of an organisms transcriptome is an affordable means by which to characterize the coding component of its genome. Despite the advances that have made this …
Gene duplication is a major source of genetic variation that has been shown to underpin the evolution of a wide range of adaptive traits. For example, duplication or amplification of genes encoding detoxification enzymes has been shown to play an …
The impact of neonicotinoid insecticides on the health of bee pollinators is a topic of intensive research and considerable current debate. As insecticides, certain neonicotinoids, i.e., N-nitroguanidine compounds such as imidacloprid and …
The development of insecticide resistance in insect pests of crops is a growing threat to sustainable food production, and strategies that slow the development of resistance are therefore urgently required. The insecticide synergist piperonyl …
One of the most crucial characteristics of day-to-day laboratory information management is the collection, storage and retrieval of information about research subjects and environmental or biomedical samples. An efficient link between sample data and …