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Molecular genetics and genomics generate new insights into invertebrate pest invasions
Invertebrate pest invasions and outbreaks are associated with high social, economic, and ecological costs, and their significance will intensify with an increasing pressure on agricultural productivity as a result of human population growth and climate change. New molecular genetic and genomic techn...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5779122/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29387170 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.12071 |
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author | Kirk, Heather Dorn, Silvia Mazzi, Dominique |
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description | Invertebrate pest invasions and outbreaks are associated with high social, economic, and ecological costs, and their significance will intensify with an increasing pressure on agricultural productivity as a result of human population growth and climate change. New molecular genetic and genomic techniques are available and accessible, but have been grossly underutilized in studies of invertebrate pest invasions, despite that they are useful tools for applied pest management and for understanding fundamental features of pest invasions including pest population demographics and adaptation of pests to novel and/or changing environments. Here, we review current applications of molecular genetics and genomics in the study of invertebrate pest invasions and outbreaks, and we highlight shortcomings from the current body of research. We then discuss recent conceptual and methodological advances in the areas of molecular genetics/genomics and data analysis, and we highlight how these advances will further our understanding of the demographic, ecological, and evolutionary features of invertebrate pest invasions. We are now well equipped to use molecular data to understand invertebrate dispersal and adaptation, and this knowledge has valuable applications in agriculture at a time when these are critically required. |
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spelling | pubmed-57791222018-01-31 Molecular genetics and genomics generate new insights into invertebrate pest invasions Kirk, Heather Dorn, Silvia Mazzi, Dominique Evol Appl Perspective Invertebrate pest invasions and outbreaks are associated with high social, economic, and ecological costs, and their significance will intensify with an increasing pressure on agricultural productivity as a result of human population growth and climate change. New molecular genetic and genomic techniques are available and accessible, but have been grossly underutilized in studies of invertebrate pest invasions, despite that they are useful tools for applied pest management and for understanding fundamental features of pest invasions including pest population demographics and adaptation of pests to novel and/or changing environments. Here, we review current applications of molecular genetics and genomics in the study of invertebrate pest invasions and outbreaks, and we highlight shortcomings from the current body of research. We then discuss recent conceptual and methodological advances in the areas of molecular genetics/genomics and data analysis, and we highlight how these advances will further our understanding of the demographic, ecological, and evolutionary features of invertebrate pest invasions. We are now well equipped to use molecular data to understand invertebrate dispersal and adaptation, and this knowledge has valuable applications in agriculture at a time when these are critically required. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2013-04-24 /pmc/articles/PMC5779122/ /pubmed/29387170 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.12071 Text en © 2013 The Authors. Evolutionary Applications published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Perspective Kirk, Heather Dorn, Silvia Mazzi, Dominique Molecular genetics and genomics generate new insights into invertebrate pest invasions |
title | Molecular genetics and genomics generate new insights into invertebrate pest invasions |
title_full | Molecular genetics and genomics generate new insights into invertebrate pest invasions |
title_fullStr | Molecular genetics and genomics generate new insights into invertebrate pest invasions |
title_full_unstemmed | Molecular genetics and genomics generate new insights into invertebrate pest invasions |
title_short | Molecular genetics and genomics generate new insights into invertebrate pest invasions |
title_sort | molecular genetics and genomics generate new insights into invertebrate pest invasions |
topic | Perspective |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5779122/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29387170 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.12071 |
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