Background The prevailing paradigm of host-parasite evolution is that arms races lead to
increasing specialisation via genetic adaptation. Insect herbivores are no exception and the …

Human cryptosporidiosis is the leading protozoan cause of diarrhoeal mortality worldwide,
and a preponderance of infections is caused by Cryptosporidium hominis and C. parvum. …

Chromosome rearrangements are arguably the most dramatic type of mutations, often
leading to rapid evolution and speciation. However, chromosome dynamics have only been …

Aphids are sap-feeding insects that colonize a broad range of plant species and often
cause feeding damage and transmit plant pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, and viroids. …

The aphid Myzus persicae is a destructive agricultural pest that displays an exceptional
ability to develop resistance to both natural and synthetic insecticides. To investigate the …

Woolly apple aphid (WAA, Eriosoma lanigerum Hausmann) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) is a
major pest of apple trees (Malus domestica, order Rosales) and is critical to the economics of …

Aphids present an ideal system to study epigenetics as they can produce diverse, but
genetically identical, morphs in response to environmental stimuli. Here, using whole genome …

The pink pigeon (Nesoenas mayeri) is an endemic species of Mauritius that has made a
remarkable recovery after a severe population bottleneck in the 1970s to early 1990s. Prior to …

‘Living fossils’, a phrase first coined by Darwin, are defined as species with limited recent
diversification and high morphological stasis over long periods of evolutionary time. …

The banana aphid, Pentalonia nigronervosa Coquerel (Hemiptera: Aphididae), is a major
pest of cultivated bananas (Musa spp., order Zingiberales), primarily due to its role as a vector …