Minsheng You

Arginine activates a conserved sphingolipid defense axis against infection

This study shows arginine activates a conserved sphingolipid pathway in insects, promoting antibacterial effects through ceramide accumulation, independent of classical immune responses.

Experimental evolution to thermal stress indicates climate resilience in a cosmopolitan arthropod

The paper uses experimental evolution and multi-omics analyses to study thermal adaptation in diamondback moths, finding genetic and epigenetic mechanisms that enhance thermal tolerance.

Ecosystem disservices are underrepresented in literature on annual crop agroecosystems

The paper identifies a systematic underrepresentation of ecosystem disservices in literature on annual crop agroecosystems, highlighting biases in how agroecosystem functioning is understood.

Genomic variation in the tea leafhopper reveals the basis of adaptive evolution

This study identifies genomic changes in the tea green leafhopper that underlie its adaptation and evolutionary success across diverse tea-growing regions.

Small silencing RNAs expressed from W-linked retrocopies of Masculinizer target the male-determining gene PxyMasc during female sex determination in the Diamondback moth Plutella xylostella

The paper identifies small silencing RNAs targeting PxyMasc, a male-determining gene in diamondback moth, expressed from W-linked retrocopies on the female-specific chromosome.

Towards CRISPR/Cas9-based gene drive in the diamondback moth Plutella xylostella

This study tests a CRISPR/Cas9 split-drive system in the diamondback moth, showing high somatic editing but limited germline activity.