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New Preprint: The Genomic Basis of Circannual Timing in the European Corn Borer Moth

5/15/2019

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Our study, lead by Dr. Genevieve M. Kozak, was recently published as a preprint on bioRxiv. Congratulations to all involved! This work highlights that the genetic basis of complex traits like seasonal timing and resultant ecological speciation, can be controlled by a relatively simple genetic basis. Here, we find that two genes involved in the circadian clock pathway underlie this trait in the European Corn Borer moth, a major agricultural pest of corn in North America and Europe. Ultimately, describing the genetic basis of seasonality may help us better predict the extinction or survival outcomes due to climate change for particular species, and also gain a better understanding of range expansions in insect systems.
​See our preprint here: 
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/633362v1
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    Crista Wadsworth is an Assistant Professor at RIT. Current projects focus on the resistome within commensal Neisseria.

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