A5024766197- Insect Resistance and Genetics
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Hemiptera Insect Studies
- Cancer-related gene regulation
- Free Radicals and Antioxidants
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Heat shock proteins research
- Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Polyomavirus and related diseases
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
2019-2020
Westmead Hospital
2019
Australian National University
2011-2015
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
2009-2012
Animal, Food and Health Sciences
2012
The University of Sydney
2010-2011
University of Technology Sydney
2010-2011
The Australian plague locust, Chortoicetes terminifera, is among the most promising species to unravel suites of genes underling density-dependent shift from shy and cryptic solitarious behaviour highly active aggregating gregarious that characteristic locusts. This because it lacks many major phenotypic changes in colour morphology accompany phase change other locust species. Reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) sensitive method available for determining...
The importance of DNA methylation in mammalian and plant systems is well established. In recent years there has been renewed interest insects. Accumulating evidence, both from mammals insects, points towards an emerging role for the regulation phenotypic plasticity. migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) a model organism study Despite this, little information available about degree to which genome methylated this species genes encoding machinery have not previously identified. We therefore...
We examined the level of intra‐individual variation in a region mitochondrial genome coding for cytochrome oxydase 1 ( COI ) two grasshopper species using clone‐and‐sequence analysis hundreds sequences. In both Locusta migratoria and Chortoicetes terminifera , we found that 60–65% clones were unique ‐like Among these sequences, 70–75% diverged by less than 1% from real haplotypes, likely to represent microheteroplasmic molecules. About 20% sequences more 9% generally included stop codons,...
Abstract Despite the importance of locust density‐dependent polyphenism as a model system for understanding phenotypic plasticity, there is still much to be learnt about its underlying molecular control. Here we describe first investigation into expression genes encoding DNA methylation machinery in migratory ( Locusta migratoria ). We show that alternative solitarious and gregarious states induced by different rearing densities are associated with significant differences target...
Abstract BACKGROUND: Certain bisacylhydrazine compounds such as tebufenozide (RH5992) have been shown to act order‐specific insecticides. Their compatibility with predatory Heteroptera, which are used biological control agents, has also demonstrated. However, the molecular mode of action these ecdysone agonists not explored in a heteropteran, much less one that is significant agricultural pest, Nezara viridula . RESULTS: Alternatively spliced ligand‐binding regions N. receptor were...