Digestion is driven by digestive enzymes and digestive enzyme gene copy number can provide insights on the genomic underpinnings of dietary specialization. The “Adaptive Modulation Hypothesis” (AMH) proposes that digestive enzyme activity, which increases with increased gene copy number, should correlate with substrate quantity in the diet. To test the AMH and reveal some of the genetics of herbivory vs carnivory, we sequenced, assembled, and annotated the genome of
Management of the brown marmorated stink bug,
- PAR ID:
- 10054539
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology
- Volume:
- 98
- Issue:
- 3
- ISSN:
- 0739-4462
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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