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Karl H.J. Gordon is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on the intersecting fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these main fields, their work spans subfields such as Molecular Biology, Insect Science, Plant Science, Genetics, and Forestry.

The scientist's research topics are centered on insect resistance and genetics, encompassing insect-plant interactions and control, entomopathogenic microorganisms in pest control, CRISPR and genetic engineering, insect pest control strategies, evolution and genetic dynamics, and insect and pesticide research.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Wee Tek Tay, Tom Walsh, Yidong Wu, Rahul Rane, and Sharon Downes.

Their recent publications include:

  • "Adaptive Introgression across Semipermeable Species Boundaries between Local Helicoverpa zea and Invasive Helicoverpa armigera Moths" (2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution)
  • "Whole-genome sequencing to detect mutations associated with resistance to insecticides and Bt proteins in Spodoptera frugiperda" (2020, Insect Science)
  • "Global population genomic signature of Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm) supports complex introduction events across the Old World" (2022, Communications Biology)
  • "Determinants of Insecticide Resistance Evolution: Comparative Analysis Among Heliothines" (2022, Annual Review of Entomology)
  • "Complex multiple introductions drive fall armyworm invasions into Asia and Australia" (2023, Scientific Reports)

The scientist has published extensively in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Reports, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Insect Science, and Communications Biology.

Best Publications

  • Genome Sequence of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

    Stephen Richards;Richard A. Gibbs;Nicole M. Gerardo;Nancy Moran

  • Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera

    George M. Weinstock;Gene E. Robinson;Richard A. Gibbs;Kim C. Worley

  • Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species

    Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra;James R. Walters;Adriana D. Briscoe

  • RNA interference in Lepidoptera: An overview of successful and unsuccessful studies and implications for experimental design

    Olle Terenius;Alexie Papanicolaou;Alexie Papanicolaou;Jennie S. Garbutt;Ioannis Eleftherianos

  • The evolution of RNAi as a defence against viruses and transposable elements.

    Darren J. Obbard;Karl H. J. Gordon;Amy H. Buck;Francis M. Jiggins

  • RNAi for insect-proof plants

    K. H. J. Gordon;P. M. Waterhouse

  • Genomic innovations, transcriptional plasticity and gene loss underlying the evolution and divergence of two highly polyphagous and invasive Helicoverpa pest species

    S. L. Pearce;D. F. Clarke;D. F. Clarke;P. D. East;S. Elfekih

  • Two genomes of highly polyphagous lepidopteran pests (Spodoptera frugiperda, Noctuidae) with different host-plant ranges

    Anaïs Gouin;Anthony Bretaudeau;Anthony Bretaudeau;Kiwoong Nam;Sylvie Gimenez

  • Comparative analysis of detoxification enzymes in Acyrthosiphon pisum and Myzus persicae.

    J. S. Ramsey;D. S. Rider;T. K. Walsh;M. De Vos

  • The Palm Subdomain-based Active Site is Internally Permuted in Viral RNA-dependent RNA Polymerases of an Ancient Lineage

    Alexander E. Gorbalenya;Fiona M. Pringle;Jean Louis Zeddam;Brian T. Luke

  • Multifaceted biological insights from a draft genome sequence of the tobacco hornworm moth, Manduca sexta

    Michael R. Kanost;Estela L. Arrese;Xiaolong Cao;Yun Ru Chen

  • Extensive synteny conservation of holocentric chromosomes in Lepidoptera despite high rates of local genome rearrangements

    E. d'Alençon;H. Sezutsu;Fabrice Legeai;E. Permal

  • Insect Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Toxin Cry2Ab Is Conferred by Mutations in an ABC Transporter Subfamily A Protein

    Wee Tek Tay;Rod J. Mahon;David G. Heckel;Thomas K. Walsh

  • A peptidomics study reveals the impressive antimicrobial peptide arsenal of the wax moth Galleria mellonella

    Susan E. Brown;Antoinette Howard;Annette B. Kasprzak;Karl H. Gordon

  • A functional DNA methylation system in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum.

    T. K. Walsh;J. A. Brisson;H. M. Robertson;K. Gordon

  • Physical mapping of differences in chloroplast DNA of the five wild-type plastomes in Oenothera subsection Euoenothera.

    K. H. J. Gordon;E. J. Crouse;H. J. Bohnert;R. G. Herrmann

  • Proteomic analysis of the peritrophic matrix from the gut of the caterpillar, Helicoverpa armigera.

    Peter M. Campbell;Anh T. Cao;Eric R. Hines;Peter D. East

  • Hybridization and gene flow in the mega-pest lineage of moth, Helicoverpa.

    Craig J. Anderson;John G. Oakeshott;Wee Tek Tay;Karl H. J. Gordon

  • Fractionation and identification of spinach chloroplast transfer RNAs and mapping of their genes on the restriction map of chloroplast DNA.

    A.J. Driesel;E.J. Crouse;K. Gordon;H.J. Bohnert

  • Bioinformatic prediction, deep sequencing of microRNAs and expression analysis during phenotypic plasticity in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

    Fabrice Legeai;Guillaume Rizk;Thomas Walsh;Owain Edwards

Frequent Co-Authors

John G. Oakeshott
John G. Oakeshott Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
David G. Heckel
David G. Heckel Max Planck Society
Peter M. Waterhouse
Peter M. Waterhouse Queensland University of Technology
Thomas Hohn
Thomas Hohn University of Basel
Stephen Richards
Stephen Richards South Australian Museum
Reinhold G. Herrmann
Reinhold G. Herrmann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Sharon Downes
Sharon Downes Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Lars S. Jermiin
Lars S. Jermiin Australian National University
Robert Saint
Robert Saint Flinders University
Kim C. Worley
Kim C. Worley Baylor College of Medicine

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