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Richard H. ffrench-Constant

Richard H. ffrench-Constant

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D-Index
88
Citations
21603
World Ranking
1183
National Ranking
159

Overview

Richard H. ffrench-Constant is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, with a research focus spanning Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work is distributed across multiple subfields, including Genetics, Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, and Plant Science.

The main topics covered in their research reflect diverse biological and ecological systems, including:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Recent publications demonstrate active engagement with genetic and evolutionary aspects of insect biology, pest management, and symbiotic relationships. Significant papers include:

  • Global patterns in genomic diversity underpinning the evolution of insecticide resistance in the aphid crop pest Myzus persicae (2021), published in Communications Biology
  • Recent advances in the remote sensing of insects (2021), published in Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Whole-chromosome hitchhiking driven by a male-killing endosymbiont (2020), published in PLoS Biology
  • Stepwise evolution of a butterfly supergene via duplication and inversion (2022), published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Overexpression of the UDP-glycosyltransferase UGT34A23 confers resistance to the diamide insecticide chlorantraniliprole in the tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (2023), published in Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Frequent collaborators include Simon H. Martin, Chris Bass, Kennedy Saitoti Omufwoko, Dino J. Martins, and Kumar Saurabh Singh. These collaborations reflect consistent partnerships in advancing genetic and ecological studies of insects and pest species.

The scientist's publications often appear in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, eLife, and Communications Biology. These journals indicate a focus on genetics, evolution, and broader biological systems.

Best Publications

  • Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species

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

  • A Single P450 Allele Associated with Insecticide Resistance in Drosophila

    P. J. Daborn;J. L. Yen;M. R. Bogwitz;G. Le Goff

  • 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

  • Chromosomal rearrangements maintain a polymorphic supergene controlling butterfly mimicry

    Mathieu Joron;Lise Frezal;Robert T. Jones;Nicola L. Chamberlain

  • A point mutation in a Drosophila GABA receptor confers insecticide resistance

    Richard H. ffrench-Constant;Thomas A. Rocheleau;Jessica C. Steichen;Alison E. Chalmers

  • The genetics and genomics of insecticide resistance

    Richard H. ffrench-Constant;Phillip J. Daborn;Gaelle Le Goff

  • Resistance to xenobiotics and parasites: can we count the cost?

    Christine Coustau;Christine Chevillon;Richard ffrench-Constant

  • Genomic islands of divergence in hybridizing Heliconius butterflies identified by large-scale targeted sequencing.

    Nicola J. Nadeau;Annabel Whibley;Robert T. Jones;Robert T. Jones;John W. Davey

  • A conserved supergene locus controls colour pattern diversity in Heliconius butterflies.

    Mathieu Joron;Mathieu Joron;Mathieu Joron;Riccardo Papa;Margarita Beltrán;Nicola Chamberlain

  • A single Photorhabdus gene, makes caterpillars floppy (mcf), allows Escherichia coli to persist within and kill insects

    P. J. Daborn;N. Waterfield;C. P. Silva;C. P. Y. Au

  • The Molecular Genetics of Insecticide Resistance

    Richard H. ffrench-Constant

  • Molecular cloning and transformation of cyclodiene resistance in Drosophila: an invertebrate gamma-aminobutyric acid subtype A receptor locus.

    Richard H. ffrench-Constant;D P Mortlock;C D Shaffer;R J MacIntyre

  • Cis-regulatory elements in the Accord retrotransposon result in tissue-specific expression of the Drosophila melanogaster insecticide resistance gene Cyp6g1

    Henry Chung;Michael R Bogwitz;Caroline McCart;Alex Andrianopoulos

  • DDT resistance in Drosophila correlates with Cyp6g1 over-expression and confers cross-resistance to the neonicotinoid imidacloprid

    P. Daborn;S. Boundy;J. Yen;B. Pittendrigh

  • The gene cortex controls mimicry and crypsis in butterflies and moths

    Nicola J. Nadeau;Nicola J. Nadeau;Carolina Pardo-Diaz;Annabel Whibley;Annabel Whibley;Megan A. Supple;Megan A. Supple

  • The tc genes of Photorhabdus: a growing family

    Nicholas R Waterfield;David J Bowen;Jacqueline D Fetherston;Robert D Perry

  • Photorhabdus: towards a functional genomic analysis of a symbiont and pathogen.

    Richard Ffrench-Constant;Nicholas Waterfield;Phillip Daborn;Susan Joyce

  • Resistance Detection and Documentation: The Relative Roles of Pesticidal and Biochemical Assays

    Richard H. ffrench-Constant;Richard T. Roush

  • Molecular biology of insect neuronal GABA receptors

    Alastair Hosie;David Sattelle;Kate Aronstein;Richard ffrench-Constant

  • Evaluating the insecticide resistance potential of eight Drosophila melanogaster cytochrome P450 genes by transgenic over-expression

    Phillip J. Daborn;Christopher Lumb;Adrian Boey;Wayn Wong

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas R. Waterfield
Nicholas R. Waterfield University of Warwick
Stuart E. Reynolds
Stuart E. Reynolds University of Bath
Chris D. Jiggins
Chris D. Jiggins University of Cambridge
Mathieu Joron
Mathieu Joron University of Montpellier
Richard T. Roush
Richard T. Roush Pennsylvania State University
Chris Bass
Chris Bass University of Exeter
Helge B. Bode
Helge B. Bode Goethe University Frankfurt
David G. Heckel
David G. Heckel Max Planck Society
Meyer B. Jackson
Meyer B. Jackson University of Wisconsin–Madison
René Feyereisen
René Feyereisen University of Copenhagen

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