Contemporary evolution of a Lepidopteran species, Heliothis virescens, in response to modern agricultural practices
M. L. Fritz, A. M. DeYonke, A. Papanicolaou, S. Micinski, J. Westbrook, F. Gould
This study examines genomic changes in Heliothis virescens over 15 years following the introduction of Bt cotton, identifying loci with significant allele frequency shifts and quantifying selection pressures.
bioRxiv · Oct 31, 2017Evolutionary Biology