Red milkweed beetle genome is published!!

Red Milkweed beetles and their milkweed hosts are a poster child of codiversification at the insect-plant interface.

We recently sequenced and assembled a reference genome for the common red milkweed longhorn beetle (Tetraopes tetraopthalmus). Check it out!

Check it out!

https://academic.oup.com/jhered/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jhered/esae049/7745656

Also check out the media posts : )

2024: Adams et al. 2024 (New Beetle genome) Media Coverage: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/red-milkweed-beetle-genome-offers-evolutionary-insights-into-plant-insect-interactions/ar-AA1s2TUR?ocid=BingNewsSerp https://phys.org/news/2024-10-red-milkweed-beetle-genome-evolutionary.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/10/241010142548.htm https://www.earth.com/news/how-does-the-milkweed-beetle-safely-feed-on-a-toxic-plant/ https://newtoncountytimes.com/stories/red-milkweed-beetle-genome-offers-insight-into-plant-insect-interactions,153622 https://headtopics.com/us/red-milkweed-beetle-genome-offers-insight-into-plant-insect-60271628 https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-science-news/red-milkweed-beetle-genome-offers-evolutionary-insights-into-plant-insect-interactions https://www.miragenews.com/red-milkweed-beetle-genome-reveals-plant-insect-1334794/ https://bioquicknews.com/red-milkweed-beetle-genome-offers-insight-into-plant-insect-interactions/ http://www.mafg.net/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=12143 https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3628868175193-red-milkweed-beetle-genome-offers-insight-into-plant-insect-interactions https://www.magnoliareporter.com/education/colleges_universities/article_85481c70-8aca-11ef-a674-1f30224bf730.html