Research Report: A genetic basis for potential nociception in cochineal bugs (Dactylopius coccus; Hemiptera: Dactylopiidae) by Meghan Barrett

Pre­pared by: Claud­inéia Pereira Costa, PhD; Meghan Bar­rett, PhDNote: This post is very similar to our own prior EA Fo­rum re­port on the ge­netic ba­sis for no­ci­cep­tion in an­other hemipteran, the lac bug (Ker­ria lacca, Hemiptera: Ker­ri­dae). In sev­eral places, we di­rectly use the same text as we wrote in the first re­port to save time and en­sure all limi­ta­tions/​caveats of the pro­ject are clearly, con­sis­tently re­ported. Con­sider this an at­tri­bu­tion state­ment to our prior w...