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Adaptation to Plant Defence in an Agricultural Insect Pest: Integrating Genome Scans and Gene Expression in the Soybean Aphid Reveals Multi-Genic Pathways.
Molecular ecology - 1 Sept 2026
Pavinato Vitor A C, Penton-Michel Erin H, Shahid Saima, Wenger Jacob A, Slotkin R Keith, Michel Andy
Abstract excerpt
In agroecosystems, intense selection pressures cause species to adapt and spread, often leading to the evolution and persistence of pests. Understanding how pests rapidly adapt can help develop sustainable strategies for their management and improve agroecosystem health. Pest adaptation involves stable variations in DNA sequence, as well as dynamic shifts in gene expression, often mediated by non-coding...
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- Animals
- Aphids
- Glycine max
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Plant Defense Against Herbivory