Edward J. Osborne

TL;DR: The Tetranychus urticae genome is the smallest known arthropod genome as discussed by the authors, which represents the first complete chelicerate genome for a pest and has been annotated with genes associated with feeding on different hosts.

TL;DR: Genetic differences between Arabidopsis thaliana accessions underlie the plant’s extensive phenotypic variation, and until now these have been interpreted largely in the context of the annotated reference accession Col-0.

TL;DR: Investigation of DNA methylation variation in Swedish Arabidopsis thaliana accessions grown at two different temperatures finds that accessions from colder regions had higher levels of GBM for a significant fraction of the genome, and this was associated with increased transcription for the genes affected.

TL;DR: It is shown that the acaricide etoxazole inhibits chitin biogenesis in Tetranychus urticae (the two-spotted spider mite), an economically important pest, and a genetic mapping approach based on high-throughput genome sequencing is developed, which should be powerful for high-resolution mapping of simple traits (resistance or otherwise) in arthropods.

TL;DR: The first comprehensive analysis of ABC genes in a polyphagous arthropod herbivore is presented, demonstrating that the broad plant host range and high levels of pesticide resistance in T. urticae are associated with lineage-specific expansions ofABC genes, many of which respond transcriptionally to xenobiotic exposure.