Noah WhitemanThrilled @diler and my paper with Jia Huang's lab "Convergent resistance to GABA receptor neurotoxins through plant–insect coevolution" is out: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02127-4... Liz Pennisi also wrote a story about it: https://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-arms-race-has-helped-insects-gain-resistance-pesticides-again-and-again.... A tale of chemistry, coevolution, convergence, & CRISPR.
Convergent resistance to GABA receptor neurotoxins through plant–insect coevolution - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Antagonistic coevolution of plants and insects is hypothesized to promote biological diversity. This study shows convergent evolution of a gene that encodes the GABA receptor, a target of plant toxins, in herbivorous insects and their predators. It further demonstrates that the evolution of resistant GABA receptors is associated with insect diversification.