Howard Fescemyer

Assistant Research Professor

Howard Fescemyer

Huck Affiliations

Publication Tags

Genes Insects Insecta Oxygen Genetic Variation Transcriptome Genomics Arabinoxylan Hypoxia Transferases Spodoptera Frugiperda Immune Response Population Size Proteins Population Polysaccharides Herbivores Cell Wall Cell Walls Gene Alleles Host Plants Lectins Helicoverpa Zea Allele

Most Recent Publications

Alleles in metabolic and oxygen-sensing genes are associated with antagonistic pleiotropic effects on life history traits and population fitness in an ecological model insect*

James H. Marden, Erica A. Langford, Molly A. Robertson, Howard W. Fescemyer, 2021, Evolution; international journal of organic evolution on p. 116-129

Temporal variation in genetic composition of migratory helicoverpa zea in peripheral populations

Omaththage P. Perera, Howard W. Fescemyer, Shelby J. Fleischer, Craig A. Abel, 2020, Insects on p. 1-20

Discovery of antitumor lectins from rainforest tree root transcriptomes

Atip Lawanprasert, Caitlin A. Guinan, Erica A. Langford, Carly E. Hawkins, Janna N. Sloand, Howard W. Fescemyer, Matthew R. Aronson, Jacob A. Halle, James H. Marden, Scott H. Medina, 2020, PLoS One

Characterization of feruloyl esterases in maize pollen

Marcia M. de O Buanafina, M. Fernanda Buanafina, Tatiana Laremore, Erica A. Shearer, Howard W. Fescemyer, 2019, Planta on p. 2063-2082

Two genomes of highly polyphagous lepidopteran pests (Spodoptera frugiperda, Noctuidae) with different host-plant ranges

Anaïs Gouin, Anthony Bretaudeau, Kiwoong Nam, Sylvie Gimenez, Jean Marc Aury, Bernard Duvic, Frédérique Hilliou, Nicolas Durand, Nicolas Montagné, Isabelle Darboux, Suyog Kuwar, Thomas Chertemps, David Siaussat, Anne Bretschneider, Yves Moné, Seung Joon Ahn, Sabine Hänniger, Anne Sophie Gosselin Grenet, David Neunemann, Florian Maumus, Isabelle Luyten, Karine Labadie, Wei Xu, Fotini Koutroumpa, Jean Michel Escoubas, Angel Llopis, Martine Maïbèche-Coisne, Fanny Salasc, Archana Tomar, Alisha R. Anderson, Sher Afzal Khan, Pascaline Dumas, Marion Orsucci, Julie Guy, Caroline Belser, Adriana Alberti, Benjamin Noel, Arnaud Couloux, Jonathan Mercier, Sabine Nidelet, Emeric Dubois, Nai Yong Liu, Isabelle Boulogne, Olivier Mirabeau, Gaelle Le Goff, Karl Gordon, John Oakeshott, Fernando L. Consoli, Anne Nathalie Volkoff, Howard W. Fescemyer, James H. Marden, Dawn S. Luthe, Salvador Herrero, David G. Heckel, Patrick Wincker, Gael J. Kergoat, Joelle Amselem, Hadi Quesneville, Astrid T. Groot, Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly, Nicolas Nègre, Claire Lemaitre, Fabrice Legeai, Emmanuelle D'Alençon, Philippe Fournier, 2017, Scientific Reports

Ecological genomics of tropical trees: how local population size and allelic diversity of resistance genes relate to immune responses, cosusceptibility to pathogens, and negative density dependence

J. H. Marden, S. A. Mangan, M. P. Peterson, E. Wafula, H. W. Fescemyer, J. P. Der, C. W. dePamphilis, L. S. Comita, 2017, Molecular Ecology on p. 2498-2513

Peripheral genetic structure of Helicoverpa zea indicates asymmetrical panmixia

Mathew Seymour, Omaththage P. Perera, Howard W. Fescemyer, Ryan E. Jackson, Shelby J. Fleischer, Craig A. Abel, 2016, Ecology and Evolution on p. 3198-3207

A time- and cost-effective strategy to sequence mammalian Y chromosomes: An application to the de novo assembly of gorilla Y

Marta Tomaszkiewicz, Samarth Rangavittal, Monika Cechova, Rebeca Campos Sanchez, Howard W. Fescemyer, Robert Harris, Danling Ye, Patricia C.M. O'Brien, Rayan Chikhi, Oliver A. Ryder, Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith, Paul Medvedev, Kateryna D. Makova, 2016, Genome Research on p. 530-540

Functional testing of a PF02458 homologue of putative rice arabinoxylan feruloyl transferase genes in Brachypodium distachyon

Marcia M.de O. Buanafina, Howard W. Fescemyer, Mandeep Sharma, Erica A. Shearer, 2016, Planta on p. 659-674

Origin and diversification of wings

Victor Medved, James H. Marden, Howard W. Fescemyer, Joshua P. Der, Jin Liu, Najmus Mahfooz, Aleksandar Popadić, 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 15946-15951

Most-Cited Papers

Two genomes of highly polyphagous lepidopteran pests (Spodoptera frugiperda, Noctuidae) with different host-plant ranges

Anaïs Gouin, Anthony Bretaudeau, Kiwoong Nam, Sylvie Gimenez, Jean Marc Aury, Bernard Duvic, Frédérique Hilliou, Nicolas Durand, Nicolas Montagné, Isabelle Darboux, Suyog Kuwar, Thomas Chertemps, David Siaussat, Anne Bretschneider, Yves Moné, Seung Joon Ahn, Sabine Hänniger, Anne Sophie Gosselin Grenet, David Neunemann, Florian Maumus, Isabelle Luyten, Karine Labadie, Wei Xu, Fotini Koutroumpa, Jean Michel Escoubas, Angel Llopis, Martine Maïbèche-Coisne, Fanny Salasc, Archana Tomar, Alisha R. Anderson, Sher Afzal Khan, Pascaline Dumas, Marion Orsucci, Julie Guy, Caroline Belser, Adriana Alberti, Benjamin Noel, Arnaud Couloux, Jonathan Mercier, Sabine Nidelet, Emeric Dubois, Nai Yong Liu, Isabelle Boulogne, Olivier Mirabeau, Gaelle Le Goff, Karl Gordon, John Oakeshott, Fernando L. Consoli, Anne Nathalie Volkoff, Howard W. Fescemyer, James H. Marden, Dawn S. Luthe, Salvador Herrero, David G. Heckel, Patrick Wincker, Gael J. Kergoat, Joelle Amselem, Hadi Quesneville, Astrid T. Groot, Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly, Nicolas Nègre, Claire Lemaitre, Fabrice Legeai, Emmanuelle D'Alençon, Philippe Fournier, 2017, Scientific Reports

A time- and cost-effective strategy to sequence mammalian Y chromosomes: An application to the de novo assembly of gorilla Y

Marta Tomaszkiewicz, Samarth Rangavittal, Monika Cechova, Rebeca Campos Sanchez, Howard W. Fescemyer, Robert Harris, Danling Ye, Patricia C.M. O'Brien, Rayan Chikhi, Oliver A. Ryder, Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith, Paul Medvedev, Kateryna D. Makova, 2016, Genome Research on p. 530-540

Transcriptional responses of Arabidopsis thaliana to chewing and sucking insect herbivores

Heidi M. Appel, Howard Fescemyer, Juergen Ehlting, David Weston, Erin Rehrig, Trupti Joshi, Dong Xu, Joerg Bohlmann, Jack Schultz, 2014, Frontiers in Plant Science on p. 1-20

Origin and diversification of wings

Victor Medved, James H. Marden, Howard W. Fescemyer, Joshua P. Der, Jin Liu, Najmus Mahfooz, Aleksandar Popadić, 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 15946-15951

Ecological genomics of tropical trees: how local population size and allelic diversity of resistance genes relate to immune responses, cosusceptibility to pathogens, and negative density dependence

J. H. Marden, S. A. Mangan, M. P. Peterson, E. Wafula, H. W. Fescemyer, J. P. Der, C. W. dePamphilis, L. S. Comita, 2017, Molecular Ecology on p. 2498-2513

Functional testing of a PF02458 homologue of putative rice arabinoxylan feruloyl transferase genes in Brachypodium distachyon

Marcia M.de O. Buanafina, Howard W. Fescemyer, Mandeep Sharma, Erica A. Shearer, 2016, Planta on p. 659-674

Genetic variation in hif signaling underlies quantitative variation in physiological and life-history traits within lowland butterfly populations

James H. Marden, Howard W. Fescemyer, Rudolf J. Schilder, William R. Doerfler, Juan C. Vera, Christopher W. Wheat, 2013, Evolution; international journal of organic evolution on p. 1105-1115

Maize toxin degrades peritrophic matrix proteins and stimulates compensatory transcriptome responses in fall armyworm midgut

Howard W. Fescemyer, Germán V. Sandoya, Torrence A. Gill, Seval Ozkan, James H. Marden, Dawn S. Luthe, 2013, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology on p. 280-291

Modification of esterified cell wall phenolics increases vulnerability of tall fescue to herbivory by the fall armyworm

Marcia M.de O. de Buanafina, Howard W. Fescemyer, 2012, Planta on p. 513-523

Peripheral genetic structure of Helicoverpa zea indicates asymmetrical panmixia

Mathew Seymour, Omaththage P. Perera, Howard W. Fescemyer, Ryan E. Jackson, Shelby J. Fleischer, Craig A. Abel, 2016, Ecology and Evolution on p. 3198-3207