Paul Wilkinson

TL;DR: The results indicate that allelic combinations at known wing-patterning loci have become locked together in a polymorphic rearrangement at the P locus, forming a supergene that acts as a simple switch between complex adaptive phenotypes found in sympatry.

TL;DR: Many new M. sexta genes are described including up to 36 new cytochrome P450s, some of which have been implicated in the metabolism of host plant‐derived nicotine, and the increasingly appreciated role of the midgut in insect immunity is discussed.

TL;DR: This survey proves that these enzymes are not only present in non-model insects but that the multigene families that encode them are apparently undergoing complex birth-death dynamics, which reinforces the observation that insects themselves, and not just their microbial symbionts, are a rich source of PCWDEs.

TL;DR: Wing patterning loci in Heliconius melpomene show a haplotype structure maintained by selection, but no evidence for a recent selective sweep, but the complex genetic pattern contrasts with the simple genetic basis of many adaptive traits studied previously, but may provide a better model for most adaptation in natural populations that has arisen over millions rather than tens of years.

TL;DR: New transcriptomic resources for T. vaporariorum are developed that will serve the community studying this important crop pest and will elucidate further the molecular mechanisms underlying insecticide resistance.