Publications of David G. Heckel

Loxdale, H.; Schöfl, G.; Wiesner, K. R.; Nyabuga, F.; Heckel, D. G.; Weisser, W. W.: Stay at home aphids: comparative spatial and seasonal metapopulation structure and dynamics of two specialist tansy aphid species studied using microsatellite markers. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 104 (4), pp. 838 - 865 (2011)

Nyabuga, F.; Loxdale, H.; Heckel, D. G.; Weisser, W.W.: Temporal genetic structuring of a specialist parasitoid, Lysiphlebus hirticornis Mackauer (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) attacking a specialist aphid on tansy. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 102 (4), pp. 737 - 749 (2011)

Schöfl, G.; Dill, A.; Heckel, D. G.; Groot, A. T.: Allochronic separation vs. mate-choice: nonrandom patterns of mating between fall armyworm host-strains. American Naturalist 177 (4), pp. 470 - 485 (2011)

Shao, Y.; Spiteller, D.; Tang, X.; Ping, L.; Colesie, C.; Münchberg, U.; Bartram, S.; Schneider, B.; Büdel, B.; Popp, J. et al.; Heckel, D. G.; Boland, W.: Crystallization of α- and β-carotene in the foregut of Spodoptera larvae feeding on a toxic food plant. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 41 (4), pp. 273 - 281 (2011)

Tabashnik, B. E.; Huang, F.; Ghimire, M. N.; Leonard, B. R.; Siegfried, B. D.; Rangasamy, M.; Yang, Y.; Wu, Y.; Gahan, L. J.; Heckel, D. G. et al.; Bravo, A.; Soberón, M.: Efficacy of genetically modified Bt toxins against insects with different genetic mechanisms of resistance. Nature biotechnology 29, 12, pp. 1128 - 1131 (2011)

Terenius, O.; Papanicolaou, A.; Garbutt, J. S.; Eleftherianos, I.; Huvenne, H.; Kanginakudru, S.; Albrechtsen, M.; An, C.; Aymeric, J.-L.; Barthel, A. et al.; Bebas, P.; Bitram, K.; Bravo, A.; Chevalier, F.; Collinge, D. P.; Crava, C. M.; de Maagd, R. A.; Duvic, B.; Erlandson, M.; Faye, I.; Felfoldi, G.; Fujiwara, H.; Futahashi, R.; Gandhe, A. S.; Gatehouse, H. S.; Gatehouse, L. N.; Giebultowicz, J. M.; Gomez, I.; Grimmelikhuijzen, C. J. P.; Groot, A. T.; Hauser, F.; Heckel, D. G.; Hegedus, D. D.; Hrycaj, S.; Huang, L.; Hull, J.; Iatrou, K.; Iga, M.; Kanost, M. R.; Kotwica, J.; Li, C.; Li, J.; Liu, J.; Lundmark, M.; Matsumoto, S.; Meyering-Vos, M.; Millichap, P. J.; Monteiro, A.; Mrinal, N.; Niimi, T.; Nowara, D.; Ohnishi, A.; Oostra, V.; Ozaki, K.; Papakonstantinou, M.; Popadic, A.; Rajam, M. V.; Saenko, S.; Simpson, R. M.; Sobero, M.; Strand, M. R.; Tomita, S.; Toprak, U.; Wang, P.; Wee, C. W.; Whyard, S.; Zhang, W.; Nagaraju, J.; ffrench-Constant, R. H.; Herrero, S.; Gordon, K.; Swevers, L.; Smagghe, G.: RNA interference in Lepidoptera: An overview of successful and unsuccessful studies and implications for experimental design. Journal of Insect Physiology 57 (2), pp. 231 - 245 (2011)

Asser-Kaiser, S.; Heckel, D. G.; Jehle, J. A.: Sex linkage of CpGV resistance in a heterogeneous field strain of the codling moth Cydia pomonella (L.). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 103 (1), pp. 59 - 64 (2010)

Badenes-Pérez, F. R.; Reichelt, M.; Heckel, D. G.: Can sulfur fertilisation improve the effectiveness of trap crops for diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)? Pest Management Science 66 (8), pp. 832 - 838 (2010)

Baxter, S. W.; Chen, M.; Dawson, A.; Zhao, J.-Z.; Vogel, H.; Shelton, A. M.; Heckel, D. G.; Jiggins, C. D.: Mis-spliced transcripts of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor a6 are associated with field evolved spinosad resistance in Plutella xylostella (L.). PLoS Genetics 6, e1000802 (2010)

Crava, C.; Bel, Y.; Lee, S. F.; Manachini, B.; Heckel, D. G.; Escriche, B.: Study of the aminopeptidase N gene family in the lepidopterans Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) and Bombyx mori (L.): Sequences, mapping and expression. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 40 (7), pp. 506 - 515 (2010)

Gahan, L.J.; Pauchet, Y.; Vogel, H.; Heckel, D. G.: An ABC transporter mutation is correlated with insect resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac toxin. PLoS Genetics 6, e1001248 (2010)

Groot, A. T.; Blanco, C. A.; Claßen, A.; Inglis, O.; Santangelo, R. G.; Lopez, J.; Heckel, D. G.; Schal, C.: Variation in sexual communication of the tobacco budworm, Heliothis virescens. The Southwestern Entomologist 35 (3), pp. 367 - 372 (2010)

Groot, A. T.; Claßen, A.; Staudacher, H.; Schal, C.; Heckel, D. G.: Phenotypic plasticity in sexual communication signal of a noctuid moth. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23 (12), pp. 2731 - 2738 (2010)

Groot, A. T.; Marr, M.; Heckel, D. G.; Schöfl, G.: The roles and interactions of reproductive isolation mechanisms in fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) host strains. Ecological Entomology 35 (s1), pp. 105 - 118 (2010)

Heckel, D. G.: Smells like a new species: gene duplication at the periphery. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107 (21), pp. 9481 - 9482 (2010)

Heidel-Fischer, H. M.; Vogel, H.; Heckel, D. G.; Wheat, C. W.: Microevolutionary dynamics of a macroevolutionary key innovation in a Lepidopteran herbivore. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10, 60 (2010)

Kaiser, T.; Neumann, D.; Heckel, D. G.; Berendonk, T. U.: Strong genetic differentiation and postglacial origin of populations in the marine midge Clunio marinus (Chironomidae, Diptera). Molecular Ecology 19 (14), pp. 2845 - 2857 (2010)

Lassance, J. M.; Groot, A. T.; Liénard, M. A.; Binu, A.; Borgwardt, C.; Andersson, F.; Hedenström, E.; Heckel, D. G.; Löfstedt, C.: Allelic variation in a fatty-acyl reductase gene causes divergence in moth sex pheromones. Nature 466, pp. 486 - 489 (2010)

Liu, Z.; Scheirs, J.; Heckel, D. G.: Host plant flowering increases both adult oviposition preference and larval performance of a generalist herbivore. Environmental Entomology 39 (2), pp. 552 - 560 (2010)

Nyabuga, F.; Loxdale, H.D.; Heckel, D. G.; Weisser, W. W.: Spatial population dynamics of a specialist aphid parasitoid, Lysiphlebus hirticornis Mackauer (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae): evidence for philopatry and restricted dispersal. Heredity 105, pp. 433 - 442 (2010)