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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Xiao, Y.; Zhang, T.; Liu, C.; Heckel, D. G.; Li, X.; Tabashnik, B. E.; Wu, K.: Mis-splicing of the ABCC2 gene linked with Bt toxin resistance in Helicoverpa armigera. Scientific Reports 4, 6184 (2014)

Timmermans, M. J. T. N.; Baxter, S. W.; Clark, R.; Heckel, D. G.; Vogel, H.; Collins, S.; Papanicolaou, A.; Fukova, I.; Joron, M.; Thompson, M.J. et al.; Jiggins, C.D.; ffrench-Constant, R.H.; Vogler, A.P.: Comparative genomics of the mimicry switch in Papilio dardanus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1787), 20140465 (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)

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)

Pauchet, Y.; Kirsch, R.; Giraud, S.; Vogel, H.; Heckel, D. G.: Identification and characterization of plant cell wall degrading enzymes from three glycoside hydrolase families in the cerambycid beetle Apriona japonica. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 49, pp. 1 - 13 (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)

Unbehend, M.; Hänniger, S.; Vásquez, G. M.; Juárez, M. L.; Reisig, D.; McNeil, J. N.; Meagher, R. L.; Jenkins, D. A.; Heckel, D. G.; Groot, A. T.: Geographic variation in sexual attraction of Spodoptera frugiperda corn- and rice-strain males to pheromone lures. PLoS One 9 (2), e89255 (2014)

Pauchet, Y.; Saski, C. A.; Feltus, F. A.; Luyten, I.; Quesneville, H.; Heckel, D. G.: Studying the organization of genes encoding plant cell wall degrading enzymes in Chrysomela tremula provides insights into a leaf beetle genome. Insect Molecular Biology 23 (3), pp. 286 - 300 (2014)

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.; 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)