Previously,we showed that cabbage loopers (Trichoplusia niHübner) can evolve 20X resistance to the single (S) nucleocapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (NPV) of Trichoplusia ni (TnSNPV). In this study, we investigate one potential cost that resistant cabbage loopers may incur, increased susceptibility to other mortality agents. Contrary to expectation, no such cost was observed with any of the six mort...

One of the main consequences globalization is intensification biological introductions. Because their negative impact on environments, early detection and monitoring introduced species through molecular approaches gaining increased uptake. This study assembles 2,278 DNA barcode records to examine contemporary patterns sequence variation in mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) five butterf...

Abstract Sexual selection is central to many theories on mate and individual behavior. Relatively little known, however, about the impacts that human-induced rapid environmental change are having secondary sexually selected characteristics. Honest signals function as an indicator of quality when there differences in nutrient acquisition thus potentially sensitive anthropogenically altered input...