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Matan Shelomi, Wei Lin, Brian R. Johnson…·Kayvan Etebari
The paper detects Deformed wing virus (DWV) in the Vietnamese Walking Stick Medauroidea extradentata using RNAseq data and constructs its complete genome sequence.
Philipp Brand, Hugh M. Robertson, Wei Lin…·Brian R. Johnson
The paper investigates the origin of the odorant receptor (OR) gene family in insects, finding that ORs evolved with an ancestral co-receptor (Orco) in the ancestor of all insects, supporting a terrestrial lifestyle adaptation rather than winged flight.
Philipp Brand, Wei Lin, Brian R. Johnson
The paper reports the genome of Medauroidea extradentata, revealing lineage-specific expansions of pectinase gene families in Phasmatodea.