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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