Publications of David G. Heckel

Shelomi, M.; Danchin, E. G. J.; Heckel, D. G.; Wipfler, B.; Bradler, S.; Zhou, X.; Pauchet, Y.: Horizontal gene transfer of pectinases from bacteria preceded the diversification of stick and leaf insects. Scientific Reports 6, 26388 (2016)

Shelomi, M.; Heckel, D. G.; Pauchet, Y.: Ancestral gene duplication enabled the evolution of multifunctional cellulases in stick insects (Phasmatodea). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 71, pp. 1 - 11 (2016)

Staudacher, H.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Breeuwer, J. A. J.; Menken, S. B. J.; Heckel, D. G.; Groot, A. T.: Variability of bacterial communities in the moth Heliothis virescens indicates transient association with the host. PLoS One 11 (5), e0154514 (2016)

Wybouw, N.; Pauchet, Y.; Heckel, D. G.; Leeuwen, T. V.: Horizontal gene transfer contributes to the evolution of arthropod herbivory. Genome Biology and Evolution 8 (6), pp. 1785 - 1801 (2016)

Barthel, A.; Staudacher, H.; Schmaltz, A.; Heckel, D. G.; Groot, A. T.: Sex-specific consequences of an induced immune response on reproduction in a moth. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15, 282 (2015)

Edger, P. P.; Heidel-Fischer, H. M.; Bekaert, M.; Rota, J.; Glöckner, G.; Platts, A. E.; Heckel, D. G.; Der, J. P.; Wafula, E. K.; Tang, M. et al.; Hofberger, J. A.; Smithson, A.; Hall, J. C.; Blanchette, M.; Bureau, T. E.; Wright, S. I.; dePamphilis, C. W.; Schranz, M. E.; Barker, M. S.; Conant, G. C.; Wahlberg, N.; Vogel, H.; Pires, J. C.; Wheat, C. W.: The butterfly plant arms-race escalated by gene and genome duplications. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112 (27), pp. 8362 - 8366 (2015)

König, C.; Bretschneider, A.; Heckel, D. G.; Grosse-Wilde, E.; Hansson, B. S.; Vogel, H.: The plastic response of Manduca sexta to host and non-host plants. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 63, pp. 72 - 85 (2015)

Kuwar, S.; Pauchet, Y.; Vogel, H.; Heckel, D. G.: Adaptive regulation of digestive serine proteases in the larval midgut of Helicoverpa armigera in response to a plant protease inhibitor. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 59, pp. 18 - 29 (2015)

Pauchet, Y.; Wielsch, N.; Wilkinson, P. A.; Sakaluk, S. K.; Svatoš, A.; Ffrench-Constant, R. H.; Hunt, J.; Heckel, D. G.: What’s in the gift? Towards a molecular dissection of nuptial feeding in a cricket. PLoS One 10 (10), e0140191 (2015)

Tay, W. T.; Mahon, R. J.; Heckel, D. G.; Walsh, T. K.; Downes, S.; James, W. J.; Lee, S.-F.; Reineke, A.; Williams, A. K.; Gordon, K. H. J.: Insect resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis toxin cry2Ab is conferred by mutations in an ABC transporter subfamily a protein. PLoS Genetics 11 (11), e1005534 (2015)

Zhang, J.; Khan, S. A.; Heckel, D. G.; Bock, R.: Full crop protection from an insect pest by expression of long double-stranded RNAs in plastids. Science 347 (6225), pp. 991 - 994 (2015)

Ahn, S.-J.; Dermauw, W.; Wybouw, N.; Heckel, D. G.; Van Leeuwen, T.: Bacterial origin of a diverse family of UDP-glycosyltransferase genes in the Tetranychus urticae genome. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 50, pp. 43 - 57 (2014)

Badenes-Pérez, F. R.; Gershenzon, J.; Heckel, D. G.: Insect attraction versus plant defense: young leaves high in glucosinolates stimulate oviposition by a specialist herbivore despite poor larval survival due to high saponin content. PLoS One 9 (4), e95766 (2014)

Badenes-Pérez, F. R.; Reichelt, M.; Gershenzon, J.; Heckel, D. G.: Using plant chemistry and insect preference to study the potential of Barbarea (Brassicaceae) as a dead-end trap crop for diamondback moth (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). Phytochemistry 98, pp. 137 - 144 (2014)

Barthel, A.; Kopka, I.; Vogel, H.; Zipfel, P.; Heckel, D. G.; Groot, A. T.: Immune defence strategies of generalist and specialist insect herbivores. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1788), 20140897 (2014)

Beran, F.; Pauchet, Y.; Kunert, G.; Reichelt, M.; Wielsch, N.; Vogel, H.; Reinecke, A.; Svatoš, A.; Mewis, I.; Schmid, D. et al.; Ramasamy, S.; Ulrichs, C.; Hansson, B. S.; Gershenzon, J.; Heckel, D. G.: Phyllotreta striolata flea beetles utilize host plant defense compounds to create their own glucosinolate-myrosinase system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111 (20), pp. 7349 - 7354 (2014)

Groot, A. T.; Schöfl, G.; Inglis, O.; Donnerhacke, S.; Claßen, A.; Schmaltz, A.; Santangelo, R. G.; Emerson, J.; Gould, F.; Schal, C. et al.; Heckel, D. G.: Within-population variability in a moth sex pheromone blend: genetic basis and behavioural consequences. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1779), 20133054 (2014)

Gschloessl, B.; Vogel, H.; Burban, C.; Heckel, D. G.; Streiff, R.; Kerdelhué, C.: Comparative analysis of two phenologically divergent populations of the pine processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) by de novo transcriptome sequencing. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 46, pp. 31 - 42 (2014)

Henniges-Janssen, K.; Heckel, D. G.; Groot, A. T.: Preference of diamondback moth larvae for novel and original host plant after host range expansion. Insects 5 (4), pp. 793 - 804 (2014)

Hölscher, D.; Dhakshinamoorthy, S.; Alexandrov, T.; Becker, M.; Bretschneider, T.; Bürkert, A.; Crecelius, A. C.; De Waele, D.; Elsen, A.; Heckel, D. G. et al.; Heklau, H.; Hertweck, C.; Kai, M.; Knop, K.; Krafft, C.; Maddula, R. K.; Matthäus, C.; Popp, J.; Schneider, B.; Schubert, U.S.; Sikora, R.; Svatoš, A.; Swennen, R.: Phenalenone-type phytoalexins mediate resistance of banana plants (Musa spp.) to the burrowing nematode Radopholus similis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111 (1), pp. 105 - 110 (2014)