TY  - THES
AU  - Song, Sue Vern
Y2  - 2018/09/21
Y1  - 2018
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/11343/216366
AB  - Helicoverpa armigera is an agricultural pest that causes billions of dollars' worth of damage each year. As H. armigera has evolved resistance to insecticides, an understanding of resistance genes will provide useful insights into managing this pest. One approach to identify candidate genes is to scan the genome for signs of strong and recent selective sweeps. This extends the search beyond typical candidate genes (detoxifying enzymes and molecular targets) although a limitation of the approach is that the selective agent causing a sweep may not be an insecticide. Another approach is to compare the differences between lab-selected and unselected cohorts. Genes that are differentially expressed are good candidates for further investigation. Here, I present estimates of some baseline parameters such as nucleotide diversity and the extent of linkage disequilibrium to lay a foundation for detecting selective sweeps in H. armigera, and I identify a gene exhibiting the hallmarks of strong and recent selection. I also present some preliminary findings from an analysis of differentially-expressed genes between selected and unselected cohorts of H. armigera in response to a pyrethroid insecticide.
T1  - Population genomics and transcriptomics in the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera
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