First High-quality Genome of The Voracious Desert Locust Completed

Scientists from the U.S. Department of Agricultural Research Service

created the first high-quality genome of the desert locust

most damaging migratory insect in the world

desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) has a massive genome

three times the size of the human genome

The desert locust  is a species of locust, a periodically swarming, short-horned grasshopper in the family Acrididae. 

They are found primarily in the deserts and dry areas of northern and eastern Africa, Arabia, and southwest Asia

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