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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Wan F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6748993 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20190917 1
The codling moth Cydia pomonella, a major invasive pest of pome fruit, has spread around the globe in the last half century. We generated a chromosome-level scaffold assembly including the Z chromosome and a portion of the W chromosome. This assembly reveals the duplication of an olfactory receptor gene (OR3), which we demonstrate enhances the ability of C. pomonella to exploit kairomones and pheromones in locating both host plants and mates. Genome-wide association studies contrasting insectici ...[more]