Genome resequencing reveals rapid, repeated evolution in the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata
B. Pelissie, Y. H. Chen, Z. P. Cohen, M. S. Crossley, D. Hawthorne, S. D. Schoville
This study uses genome resequencing to show that the Colorado potato beetle evolves insecticide resistance repeatedly through standing genetic variation, not novel mutations or regulatory changes.
bioRxiv · Feb 9, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology