Genomic adaptation to agricultural environments: cabbage white butterflies (Pieris rapae) as a case study

Genomic adaptation to agricultural environments: cabbage white butterflies (Pieris rapae) as a case study

Abstract Background Agricultural environments have long presented an opportunity to study evolution in action, and genomic approaches are opening doors for testing hypotheses about adaptation to crops, pesticides, and fertilizers. Here, we begin to develop the cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)...

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Main Authors: Kristin L. Sikkink, Megan E. Kobiela, Emilie C. Snell-Rood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Subjects:
de novo transcriptome
Population divergence
Single nucleotide polymorphism
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-017-3787-2

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