Thomas Harrop

The venom composition and parthenogenesis mechanism of the parasitoid wasp Microctonus hyperodae, a declining biocontrol agent.

Sarah N Inwood, Thomas WR Harrop, Peter K Dearden

Journal article  |  2023  |  Insect Biochem Mol Biol

A biocontrol system in New Zealand using the endoparasitoid Microctonus hyperodae is failing, despite once being one of the most s..

Genomic signatures of parallel alpine adaptation in recently evolved flightless insects.

Graham A McCulloch, Joseph Guhlin, Ludovic Dutoit, Thomas WR Harrop, Peter K Dearden, Jonathan M Waters

Journal article  |  2021  |  Mol Ecol

Natural selection along elevational gradients has potential to drive predictable adaptations across distinct lineages, but the ext..

Population genomics of the critically endangered kākāpō.

Nicolas Dussex, Tom van der Valk, Hernán E Morales, Christopher W Wheat, David Díez-Del-Molino, Johanna von Seth, Yasmin Foster, Verena E Kutschera, Katerina Guschanski, Arang Rhie, Adam M Phillippy, Jonas Korlach, Kerstin Howe, William Chow, Sarah Pelan, Joanna D Mendes Damas, Harris A Lewin, Alex R Hastie, Giulio Formenti, Olivier Fedrigo, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  Cell Genom

The kākāpō is a flightless parrot endemic to New Zealand. Once common in the archipelago, only 201 individuals remain today, most ..

Genomics Reveals Widespread Ecological Speciation in Flightless Insects.

Graham A McCulloch, Brodie J Foster, Ludovic Dutoit, Thomas WR Harrop, Joseph Guhlin, Peter K Dearden, Jonathan M Waters

Journal article  |  2021  |  Syst Biol

Recent genomic analyses have highlighted parallel divergence in response to ecological gradients, but the extent to which altitude..

Corrigendum to "High-Quality Assemblies for Three Invasive Social Wasps from the Vespula Genus".

Thomas WR Harrop, Joseph Guhlin, Gemma M McLaughlin, Elizabeth Permina, Peter Stockwell, Josh Gilligan, Marissa F Le Lec, Monica AM Gruber, Oliver Quinn, Mackenzie Lovegrove, Elizabeth J Duncan, Emily J Remnant, Jens Van Eeckhoven, Brittany Graham, Rosemary A Knapp, Kyle W Langford, Zev Kronenberg, Maximilian O Press, Stephen M Eacker, Erin E Wilson-Rankin, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  G3 (Bethesda)

In the originally published version of this manuscript, funding information and disclosures were omitted. The following informatio..

Human liver-derived MAIT cells differ from blood MAIT cells in their metabolism and response to TCR-independent activation.

Rajesh Lamichhane, Fran Munro, Thomas WR Harrop, Sara M de la Harpe, Peter K Dearden, Andrea J Vernall, John L McCall, James E Ussher

Journal article  |  2021  |  Eur J Immunol

Mucosal associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are anti-microbial innate-like T cells that are abundant in blood and liver. MAIT cell..

High-Quality Assemblies for Three Invasive Social Wasps from the Vespula Genus.

Thomas WR Harrop, Joseph Guhlin, Gemma M McLaughlin, Elizabeth Permina, Peter Stockwell, Josh Gilligan, Marissa F Le Lec, Monica AM Gruber, Oliver Quinn, Mackenzie Lovegrove, Elizabeth J Duncan, Emily J Remnant, Jens Van Eeckhoven, Brittany Graham, Rosemary A Knapp, Kyle W Langford, Zev Kronenberg, Maximilian O Press, Stephen M Eacker, Erin E Wilson-Rankin, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Social wasps of the genus Vespula have spread to nearly all landmasses worldwide and have become significant pests in their introd..

Genetic Diversity in Invasive Populations of Argentine Stem Weevil Associated with Adaptation to Biocontrol.

Thomas WR Harrop, Marissa F Le Lec, Ruy Jauregui, Shannon E Taylor, Sarah N Inwood, Tracey van Stijn, Hannah Henry, John Skelly, Siva Ganesh, Rachael L Ashby, Jeanne ME Jacobs, Stephen L Goldson, Peter K Dearden

Journal article  |  2020  |  Insects

Modified, agricultural landscapes are susceptible to damage by insect pests. Biological control of pests is typically successful o..

The Pacific Biosciences de novo assembled genome dataset from a parthenogenetic New Zealand wild population of the longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann, 1901.

Felix D Guerrero, Kylie G Bendele, Noushin Ghaffari, Joseph Guhlin, Kristene R Gedye, Kevin E Lawrence, Peter K Dearden, Thomas WR Harrop, Allen CG Heath, Yanni Lun, Richard P Metz, Pete Teel, Adalberto Perez de Leon, Patrick J Biggs, William E Pomroy, Charles D Johnson, Philip D Blood, Stanley E Bellgard, Daniel M Tompkins

Journal article  |  2019  |  Data Brief

The longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, feeds upon a wide range of bird and mammalian hosts. Mammalian hosts include cattl..

A set of AP2-like genes is associated with inflorescence branching and architecture in domesticated rice

Thomas WR Harrop, Otho Mantegazza, Ai My Luong, Kevin Bethune, Mathias Lorieux, Stefan Jouannic, Helene Adam

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Rice yield is influenced by inflorescence size and architecture, and inflorescences from domesticated rice accessions produce more..