Insects have evolved a powerful detoxification system to protect themselves against
environmental and anthropogenic xenobiotics including pesticides and nanoparticles. The …

Canalization refers to the evolution of populations such that the number of individuals who
deviate from the optimum trait, or experience disease, is minimized. In the presence of rapid …

Population genetics seeks to illuminate the forces sha** genetic variation, often based on
a single snapshot of genomic variation. However, utilizing multiple sampling times to study …

Using a new experimentally evolved multiparent map** resource for C. elegans, Noble et
al. have outlined the genetic architecture of worm fertility.. Understanding the genetic basis …

Abstract The Collaborative Cross (CC) is a mouse genetic reference population whose
range of applications includes quantitative trait loci (QTL) map**. The design of a CC QTL …

Thermal tolerance range, based on temperatures that result in incapacitating effects,
influences species' distributions and has been used to predict species' response to …

The Neotropical brown stink bug, Euschistus heros, is a major pest of soybean in South
America. The importance of E. heros as a pest has grown significantly in recent times due to …

Phosphorylation is a phase II detoxification reaction that, among animals, occurs near
exclusively in insects, but the enzymes responsible have never been cloned or otherwise …

Phenotypic complexity is caused by the contributions of environmental factors and multiple
genetic loci, interacting or acting independently. Studies of yeast and Arabidopsis often find …

Copper is one of a handful of biologically necessary heavy metals that is also a common
environmental pollutant. Under normal conditions, copper ions are required for many key …