Research Report: A genetic basis for potential nociception in lac bugs (Kerria lacca; Hemiptera: Kerriidae) by Meghan Barrett

Pre­pared by: Claud­inéia Pereira Costa, PhD; Meghan Bar­rett, PhDNote: This re­port has not been peer-re­viewed and has only been gen­er­ated for the Fo­rum. Re­sults should be in­ter­preted with cau­tion, though we do fol­low peer-re­viewed method­olo­gies.Ex­ec­u­tive SummaryWe an­a­lyzed the pub­li­cly-available Ker­ria lacca (Hemiptera: Ker­rii­dae) genome, which was gen­er­ated from late-stage, ses­sile adult fe­males, for ev­i­dence of nine re­cep­tor genes in seven or­tholo­gous gene fam...