List of works - Christopher W. Wheat

A Genome for Edith’s Checkerspot Butterfly: An Insect with Complex Host-Adaptive Suites and Rapid Evolutionary Responses to Environmental Changes

scientific article published in 2022

A complete time-calibrated multi-gene phylogeny of the European butterflies

scientific article published on 04 June 2020

A high-coverage draft genome of the mycalesine butterfly Bicyclus anynana

scientific article

A transposable element insertion is associated with an alternative life history strategy

scientific article published on 17 December 2019

Accessing the Transcriptome: How to Normalize mRNA Pools ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Butterfly dichromatism primarily evolved via Darwin's, not Wallace's, model

scientific article published on 23 October 2020

Climate-induced phenology shifts linked to range expansions in species with multiple reproductive cycles per year

scientific article published on 24 October 2019

Critiquing blind dating: the dangers of over-confident date estimates in comparative genomics

scientific article

Effects of adult temperature on gene expression in a butterfly: identifying pathways associated with thermal acclimation

article

Energy and lipid metabolism during direct and diapause development in a pierid butterfly

scientific article published on 21 July 2016

Evolutionary history of host use, rather than plant phylogeny, determines gene expression in a generalist butterfly

scientific article

Evolutionary origins of a novel host plant detoxification gene in butterflies

scientific article

Exploring a Pool-seq-only approach for gaining population genomic insights in nonmodel species

scientific article published on 26 September 2019

From Inquilines to Gall Inducers: Genomic Signature of a Life-style Transition in Synergus Gall Wasps

scientific article published on 28 September 2020

Functional genomics of life history variation in a butterfly metapopulation.

scientific article published on 17 March 2011

Genetic variation in HIF signaling underlies quantitative variation in physiological and life-history traits within lowland butterfly populations ⬇️

scientific article published on December 11, 2012

Genetic variation underlying local adaptation of diapause induction along a cline in a butterfly

scientific article published on 13 August 2018

Genetics of dispersal.

scientific article

Immune system responses and fitness costs associated with consumption of bacteria in larvae of Trichoplusia ni

scientific article

Intrapopulation variance in ecophysiological responses to water limitation in a butterfly metapopulation suggests adaptive resilience to environmental variability

scientific article published in 2022

Investigating the genomic basis of discrete phenotypes using a Pool-Seq-only approach: New insights into the genetics underlying colour variation in diverse taxa

scientific article published on 14 June 2017

Local adaptation of life cycles in a butterfly is associated with variation in several circadian clock genes

scientific article published in 2022

Local adaptation of photoperiodic plasticity maintains life cycle variation within latitudes in a butterfly

scientific article published on 24 December 2018

Mechanisms of macroevolution: polyphagous plasticity in butterfly larvae revealed by RNA-Seq

scientific article

Metabolome dynamics of diapause in the butterfly Pieris napi: distinguishing maintenance, termination and post-diapause phases.

scientific article published on 27 November 2017

Microevolutionary dynamics of a macroevolutionary key innovation in a Lepidopteran herbivore

scientific article

Microevolutionary selection dynamics acting on immune genes of the green-veined white butterfly, Pieris napi

scientific article published on 04 June 2018

Morphology does not covary with predicted behavioral correlations of the domestication syndrome in dogs

scientific article published on 10 April 2020

Museomics of a rare taxon: placing Whalleyanidae in the Lepidoptera Tree of Life

scientific article published on 08 July 2021

Nucleotide polymorphism at a gene (Pgi) under balancing selection in a butterfly metapopulation

scientific article published on 30 September 2009

PCR primers for 30 novel gene regions in the nuclear genomes of Lepidoptera

scientific article (publication date: 8 June 2016)

Phylogenomic insights into the cambrian explosion, the colonization of land and the evolution of flight in arthropoda

scientific article published on 4 September 2012

Physiological differences between female limited, alternative life history strategies: the Alba phenotype in the butterfly Colias croceus

scientific article published on 23 March 2018

Quantitative RNA-Seq analysis in non-model species: assessing transcriptome assemblies as a scaffold and the utility of evolutionary divergent genomic reference species ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 2012

Rapid transcriptome characterization for a nonmodel organism using 454 pyrosequencing.

scientific article published on 5 February 2008

Revised systematics and higher classification of pierid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) based on molecular data

scholarly article by Niklas Wahlberg et al published November 2014 in Zoologica Scripta

Strong phenotypic plasticity limits potential for evolutionary responses to climate change.

scientific article

Structural complexity and molecular heterogeneity of a butterfly ejaculate reflect a complex history of selection.

scientific article published on 19 June 2017

Temperature treatments during larval development reveal extensive heritable and plastic variation in gene expression and life history traits

scientific article

Testing hypotheses of a coevolutionary key innovation reveals a complex suite of traits involved in defusing the mustard oil bomb

scientific article published in 2022

The Glanville fritillary genome retains an ancient karyotype and reveals selective chromosomal fusions in Lepidoptera

scientific article

The butterfly plant arms-race escalated by gene and genome duplications

scientific article

The genetic basis of a plant-insect coevolutionary key innovation

scientific article

The molecular genetic basis of herbivory between butterflies and their host plants

article

Timing and patterns in the taxonomic diversification of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Timing of diapause termination in relation to variation in winter climate

article

Transcriptome Sequencing Goals, Assembly, and Assessment ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Unifying host-associated diversification processes using butterfly-plant networks

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Unprecedented reorganization of holocentric chromosomes provides insights into the enigma of lepidopteran chromosome evolution

scientific article published on 12 June 2019

List of works by Christopher W. Wheat

A Genome for Edith’s Checkerspot Butterfly: An Insect with Complex Host-Adaptive Suites and Rapid Evolutionary Responses to Environmental Changes

A complete time-calibrated multi-gene phylogeny of the European butterflies

A high-coverage draft genome of the mycalesine butterfly Bicyclus anynana

A transposable element insertion is associated with an alternative life history strategy

Accessing the Transcriptome: How to Normalize mRNA Pools ⬇️

Butterfly dichromatism primarily evolved via Darwin's, not Wallace's, model

Climate-induced phenology shifts linked to range expansions in species with multiple reproductive cycles per year

Critiquing blind dating: the dangers of over-confident date estimates in comparative genomics

Effects of adult temperature on gene expression in a butterfly: identifying pathways associated with thermal acclimation

Energy and lipid metabolism during direct and diapause development in a pierid butterfly

Evolutionary history of host use, rather than plant phylogeny, determines gene expression in a generalist butterfly

Evolutionary origins of a novel host plant detoxification gene in butterflies

Exploring a Pool-seq-only approach for gaining population genomic insights in nonmodel species

From Inquilines to Gall Inducers: Genomic Signature of a Life-style Transition in Synergus Gall Wasps

Functional genomics of life history variation in a butterfly metapopulation.

Genetic variation in HIF signaling underlies quantitative variation in physiological and life-history traits within lowland butterfly populations ⬇️

Genetic variation underlying local adaptation of diapause induction along a cline in a butterfly

Genetics of dispersal.

Immune system responses and fitness costs associated with consumption of bacteria in larvae of Trichoplusia ni

Intrapopulation variance in ecophysiological responses to water limitation in a butterfly metapopulation suggests adaptive resilience to environmental variability

Investigating the genomic basis of discrete phenotypes using a Pool-Seq-only approach: New insights into the genetics underlying colour variation in diverse taxa

Local adaptation of life cycles in a butterfly is associated with variation in several circadian clock genes

Local adaptation of photoperiodic plasticity maintains life cycle variation within latitudes in a butterfly

Mechanisms of macroevolution: polyphagous plasticity in butterfly larvae revealed by RNA-Seq

Metabolome dynamics of diapause in the butterfly Pieris napi: distinguishing maintenance, termination and post-diapause phases.

Microevolutionary dynamics of a macroevolutionary key innovation in a Lepidopteran herbivore

Microevolutionary selection dynamics acting on immune genes of the green-veined white butterfly, Pieris napi

Morphology does not covary with predicted behavioral correlations of the domestication syndrome in dogs

Museomics of a rare taxon: placing Whalleyanidae in the Lepidoptera Tree of Life

Nucleotide polymorphism at a gene (Pgi) under balancing selection in a butterfly metapopulation

PCR primers for 30 novel gene regions in the nuclear genomes of Lepidoptera

Phylogenomic insights into the cambrian explosion, the colonization of land and the evolution of flight in arthropoda

Physiological differences between female limited, alternative life history strategies: the Alba phenotype in the butterfly Colias croceus

Quantitative RNA-Seq analysis in non-model species: assessing transcriptome assemblies as a scaffold and the utility of evolutionary divergent genomic reference species ⬇️

Rapid transcriptome characterization for a nonmodel organism using 454 pyrosequencing.

Revised systematics and higher classification of pierid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) based on molecular data

Strong phenotypic plasticity limits potential for evolutionary responses to climate change.

Structural complexity and molecular heterogeneity of a butterfly ejaculate reflect a complex history of selection.

Temperature treatments during larval development reveal extensive heritable and plastic variation in gene expression and life history traits

Testing hypotheses of a coevolutionary key innovation reveals a complex suite of traits involved in defusing the mustard oil bomb

The Glanville fritillary genome retains an ancient karyotype and reveals selective chromosomal fusions in Lepidoptera

The butterfly plant arms-race escalated by gene and genome duplications

The genetic basis of a plant-insect coevolutionary key innovation

The molecular genetic basis of herbivory between butterflies and their host plants

Timing and patterns in the taxonomic diversification of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)

Timing of diapause termination in relation to variation in winter climate

Transcriptome Sequencing Goals, Assembly, and Assessment ⬇️

Unifying host-associated diversification processes using butterfly-plant networks

Unprecedented reorganization of holocentric chromosomes provides insights into the enigma of lepidopteran chromosome evolution