Nature Communications (May 2020)

Variation among 532 genomes unveils the origin and evolutionary history of a global insect herbivore

  • Minsheng You,
  • Fushi Ke,
  • Shijun You,
  • Zhangyan Wu,
  • Qingfeng Liu,
  • Weiyi He,
  • Simon W. Baxter,
  • Zhiguang Yuchi,
  • Liette Vasseur,
  • Geoff M. Gurr,
  • Christopher M. Ward,
  • Hugo Cerda,
  • Guang Yang,
  • Lu Peng,
  • Yuanchun Jin,
  • Miao Xie,
  • Lijun Cai,
  • Carl J. Douglas,
  • Murray B. Isman,
  • Mark S. Goettel,
  • Qisheng Song,
  • Qinghai Fan,
  • Gefu Wang-Pruski,
  • David C. Lees,
  • Zhen Yue,
  • Jianlin Bai,
  • Tiansheng Liu,
  • Lianyun Lin,
  • Yunkai Zheng,
  • Zhaohua Zeng,
  • Sheng Lin,
  • Yue Wang,
  • Qian Zhao,
  • Xiaofeng Xia,
  • Wenbin Chen,
  • Lilin Chen,
  • Mingmin Zou,
  • Jinying Liao,
  • Qiang Gao,
  • Xiaodong Fang,
  • Ye Yin,
  • Huanming Yang,
  • Jian Wang,
  • Liwei Han,
  • Yingjun Lin,
  • Yanping Lu,
  • Mousheng Zhuang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16178-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella is a cosmopolitan agricultural pest. By analyzing 532 genomes from 114 populations around the world, the authors find evidence supporting a South American origin of this moth, and look for signatures of positive selection.