Ritika Chauhan

TL;DR: It is inferred that closely related Heliconius species exchange protective colour-pattern genes promiscuously, implying that hybridization has an important role in adaptive radiation.

TL;DR: These genomic resources for aculeate wasps and first transcriptome-wide insights into the origin of castes bring us closer to a more general understanding of eusocial evolution and how phenotypic diversity arises from the same genome.

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: 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.

TL;DR: This study uses transcriptomic and genomic information to isolate and name P450‐encoding genes from the butterfly Heliconius melpomene, and classifies each of the putative genes into its appropriate superfamily and compares the distribution of P450s across sequenced insects.