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Researcher

Ernesto Villacis Perez

Awards & Distinctions

8 Results

2025

Independent genetic mapping experiments identify diverse molecular determinants of host adaptation in a generalist herbivore

Ernesto Villacis PerezFemke De GraeveBerdien De BeerSeham Ali AlshamiRick De JongTim De MeyerThomas Van Leeuwen

A1 Journal Article in MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

2023

A nuclear receptor HR96-related gene underlies large trans-driven differences in detoxification gene expression in a generalist herbivore

Meiyuan JiMarilou VandenholeBerdien De BeerSander De RouckErnesto Villacis PerezRené FeyereisenRichard M. ClarkThomas Van Leeuwen

A1 Journal Article in NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

Incomplete reproductive barriers and genomic differentiation impact the spread of resistance mutations between green- and red-colour morphs of a cosmopolitan mite pest

Wenxin XueJing-Tao SunJohan WittersMarilou VandenholeWannes DermauwSabina Bajda-WybouwEba Alemayehu SimmaNicky WybouwErnesto Villacis PerezThomas Van Leeuwen

A1 Journal Article in MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Intraspecific diversity in the mechanisms underlying abamectin resistance in a cosmopolitan pest

Ernesto Villacis PerezWenxin XueMarilou VandenholeBerdien De BeerWannes DermauwThomas Van Leeuwen

A1 Journal Article in EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS

2022

Interactions with plant defences isolate sympatric populations of an herbivorous mite

Ernesto Villacis PerezJuan Manuel AlbaJulien CotteZeno van LoonJohannes A. J. BreeuwerThomas Van Leeuwen

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

QTL mapping suggests that both cytochrome P450-mediated detoxification and target-site resistance are involved in fenbutatin oxide resistance in Tetranychus urticae

Berdien De BeerErnesto Villacis PerezMousaalreza KhaglighiCorinna SaalwaechterMarilou VandenholeWim JonckheereIbrahim IsmaeilSven GeibelThomas Van LeeuwenWannes Dermauw

A1 Journal Article in INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

2021

Adaptive divergence and post-zygotic barriers to gene flow between sympatric populations of a herbivorous mite

Ernesto Villacis PerezSimon SnoeckAndre KurlovsRichard M. ClarkJohannes A. J. BreeuwerThomas Van Leeuwen

A1 Journal Article in COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY

Ecological speciation and adaptive evolution in a herbivorous mite

Ernesto Villacis PerezS.B.J. MenkenThomas Van LeeuwenJ.A.J. Breeuwer