A heterozygous moth genome provides insights into herbivory and detoxification.

You, Minsheng; Yue, Zhen; He, Weiyi; Yang, Xinhua; Yang, Guang; Xie, Miao; Zhan, Dongliang; W Baxter, Simon; Vasseur, Liette; M Gurr, Geoff; J Douglas, Carl; Bai, Jianlin; Wang, Ping; Cui, Kai; Huang, Shiguo; Li, Xianchun; Zhou, Qing; Wu, Zhangyan; Chen, Qilin; Liu, Chunhui; Wang, Bo; Li, Xiaojing; Xu, Xiufeng; Lu, Changxin; Hu, Min; W Davey, John; M Smith, Sandy; Chen, Mingshun; Xia, Xiaofeng; Tang, Weiqi; Ke, Fushi; Zheng, Dandan; Hu, Yulan; Song, Fengqin; You, Yanchun; Ma, Xiaoli; Peng, Lu; Zheng, Yunkai; Liang, Yong; Chen, Yaqiong; Yu, Liying; Zhang, Younan; Liu, Yuanyuan; Li, Guoqing; Fang, Lin; Li, Jingxiang; Zhou, Xin; Luo, Yadan; Gou, Caiyun; Wang, Junyi

doi:10.1038/ng.2524

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A heterozygous moth genome provides insights into herbivory and detoxification.

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Authors:

Minsheng You

Zhen Yue

Weiyi He

Abstract

How an insect evolves to become a successful herbivore is of profound biological and practical importance. Herbivores are often adapted to feed on a specific group of evolutionarily and biochemically related host plants, but the genetic and molecular bases for adaptation to plant defense compounds r...

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