Anna K. Childers

TL;DR: Amplification and functional divergence of genes associated with specialized feeding on plants, including genes originally obtained via horizontal gene transfer from fungi and bacteria, contributed to the addition, expansion, and enhancement of the metabolic repertoire of the Asian longhorned beetle and to a lesser degree, other phytophagous insects.

TL;DR: Surprisingly, the suite of genes involved in insecticide resistance is similar to other beetles, and duplications in the RNAi pathway might explain why Leptinotarsa decemlineata has high sensitivity to dsRNA.

TL;DR: Next generation sequencing identified VDV1 in honey bee pupae in the US and found it the second most prevalent virus after DWV, which was present in 89.4% of the colonies in 2016 and had the highest load in infected bees.

TL;DR: This dissertation aims to provide a history of web exceptionalism from 1989 to 2002, a period chosen in order to explore its roots as well as specific cases up to and including the year in which descriptions of “Web 2.0” began to circulate.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors outline the needs, challenges, and opportunities associated with developing a multi-layered U.S. national plan for native bee monitoring and identify survey methods and prioritizing taxa to monitor.