Christa Heryanto

This study shows that lepidopteran scale cells originate from sensory organ precursors through a canonical lineage, supported by live imaging and single-nucleus RNA sequencing.

This study demonstrates the use of hyperactive piggyBac transposase mRNA to achieve efficient transgenesis in Plodia interpunctella, resulting in stable transgenic lines with fluorescent markers.

The paper identifies a 78kb deletion at the cortex locus as the genetic basis of the ivory mutant phenotype in captive Heliconius butterflies, which is absent in wild populations.