Area of research
Insect Science · Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Research interest
Research interests include Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Insect and Pesticide Research, Study of Mite Species, and Insect Resistance and Genetics.
Parallel gene expansions drive rapid dietary adaptation in herbivorous woodrats
Successes and limitations of quantitative diet metabarcoding in a small, herbivorous mammal
Trio‐binned genomes of the woodrats <i>Neotoma bryanti</i> and <i>Neotoma lepida</i> reveal novel gene islands and rapid copy number evolution of xenobiotic metabolizing genes
Wild herbivorous mammals (genus Neotoma) host a diverse but transient assemblage of fungi
Toxin tolerance across landscapes: Ecological exposure not a prerequisite
Microbiome stability and structure is governed by host phylogeny over diet and geography in woodrats ( <i>Neotoma</i> spp.)
Genome streamlining in a minute herbivore that manipulates its host plant
Long-Term Population Studies Uncover the Genome Structure and Genetic Basis of Xenobiotic and Host Plant Adaptation in the Herbivore <i>Tetranychus urticae</i>
High-resolution QTL mapping in Tetranychus urticae reveals acaricide-specific responses and common target-site resistance after selection by different METI-I acaricides
Convergent evolution of cytochrome P450s underlies independent origins of keto-carotenoid pigmentation in animals
Generalist and Specialist Mite Herbivores Induce Similar Defense Responses in Maize and Barley but Differ in Susceptibility to Benzoxazinoids
Disruption of a horizontally transferred phytoene desaturase abolishes carotenoid accumulation and diapause in<i>Tetranychus urticae</i>
The effect of insecticide synergist treatment on genome-wide gene expression in a polyphagous pest
Epistatic and allelic interactions control expression of ribosomal RNA gene clusters in Arabidopsis thaliana
The Salivary Protein Repertoire of the Polyphagous Spider Mite Tetranychus urticae: A Quest for Effectors
Complex Evolutionary Dynamics of Massively Expanded Chemosensory Receptor Families in an Extreme Generalist Chelicerate Herbivore
Transcriptome profiling of a spirodiclofen susceptible and resistant strain of the European red mite Panonychus ulmi using strand-specific RNA-seq