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Rapid Evolution In Agroecosystems: Transposable Elements And Epigenetics In The Colorado Potato Beetle, Kristian Brevik
Rapid Evolution In Agroecosystems: Transposable Elements And Epigenetics In The Colorado Potato Beetle, Kristian Brevik
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Within agricultural ecosystems, humans and insects enter into complex relationships. Humans consider many of these insects to be pests, and exert significant pressures upon them, such as efforts to kill them using insecticides. One of the ways insects respond to these efforts is by rapidly evolving resistance to insecticides - but how they do this is not fully understood. DNA methylation, an epigenetic mechanism, and transposable elements, which are mobile genetic elements within genomes, may each play a role in shaping the way insects rapidly evolve in response to exposure to insecticides. Understanding the role of transposable elements and DNA …