Publications

Beran, F.; Heckel, D. G.: Escalation by duplication: Milkweed bug trumps Monarch butterfly. Molecular Ecology 33 (14), e17443 (2024)

Gikonyo, M. W.; Ahn, S.-J.; Biondi, M.; Fritzlar, F.; Okamura, Y.; Vogel, H.; Köllner, T. G.; Şen, I.; Hernández-Teixidor, D.; Lee, C.-F. et al.; Letsch, H.; Beran, F.: A radiation of Psylliodes flea beetles on Brassicaceae is associated with the evolution of specific detoxification enzymes. Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution, qpad197, pp. 127 - 145 (2024)

Güney, G.; Cedden, D.; Hänniger, S.; Hegedus, D. D.; Heckel, D. G.; Toprak, U.: Peritrophins are involved in the defense against Bacillus thuringiensis and nucleopolyhedrovirus formulations in Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 166, 104073 (2024)

Liu, Z.; Liao, C.; Zou, L.; Jin, M.; Shan, Y.; Quan, Y.; Yao, H.; Zhang, L.; Wang, P.; Liu, Z. et al.; Wang, N.; Li, A.; Liu, K.; Heckel, D. G.; Wu, K.; Xiao, Y.: Retrotransposon-mediated disruption of a chitin synthase gene confers insect resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3Aa toxin. PLOS Biology 22 (7), e3002704 (2024)

Medina van Berkum, P.; Schmöckel, E.; Bischoff, A.; Carrasco-Farias, N.; Catford, J. A.; Feldmann, R.; Groten, K.; Henry, H. A. L.; Bucharova, A. L.; Hänniger, S. et al.; Luong, J. C.; Meis, J.; Oetama, V. S.; Pärtel, M.; Power, S. A.; Villellas, J.; Welk, E.; Wingler, A.; Rothe, B.; Gershenzon, J.; Reichelt, M.; Roscher, C.; Unsicker, S.: Plant geographic distribution influences chemical defences in native and introduced Plantago lanceolata populations. Functional Ecology 38 (4), pp. 883 - 896 (2024)

Roy, A.; Wäschke, N.; Chattington, S.; Modlinger, R.; Chakraborty, A.; Chirere, T. E.S.; Larsson, M. C.; Heckel, D. G.; Anderson, P.; Schlyter, F.: Diet breadth in two polyphagous Spodoptera moths in a wide range of host and non-host plants and the potential for range expansion. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2024)