Georgia Gouvi

The genetic basis of the black pupae phenotype in tephritid fruit flies

This study identifies a large deletion at the ebony locus causing the black pupae phenotype in Anastrepha ludens and validates its function across six tephritid species.

Detection of sex chromosomes in Tephritid pests using R-CQ and KAMY, two computational methods to enable species specific control.

The paper introduces two computational methods, R-CQ and KAMY, to detect sex chromosome sequences in Tephritid pests and evaluates their performance on chromosome-level assemblies.

A generic white pupae sex selection phenotype for insect pest control

The paper identifies a conserved gene responsible for the white pupae phenotype in multiple fruit fly species and demonstrates its utility for creating sexing strains in pest control.