Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Mongue Lab
Led by Andrew J. Mongue · Entomology and Nematology
What we study
The Mongue Lab studies insects using molecular data to understand their unusual reproductive biology, pest behavior, and genetic traits. They analyze genomes and natural selection to answer questions about insect diversity and crop pest impacts.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Wet lab
- Other insects
- Coding helps
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Navigating the Semantic Labyrinth of “Sex” in the Study of Reproductive Trait Evolution
2026 · Integrative and Comparative Biology
Explores the multiple meanings of 'sex' in reproductive trait evolution.
- Morphological and phylogenetic data support a new bagworm moth subfamily, Tenuipsychinae (Lepidoptera: Psychidae)
2026 · Insect Systematics and Diversity
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- Genome report: genome sequence of Phymata mystica (Evans), an ambush bug
2026 · G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
Sequences the genome of an ambush bug, finding 26,760 protein-coding genes.
- Genome report: sequencing of Helicoverpa- infecting Ophryocystis sp. confirms cryptic diversity and changes in gene content of Lepidoptera-infecting apicomplexan parasites
2026 · G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
Sequences a parasite genome to study its evolution and host interactions.
- Leaving X: How scale insects repeatedly evolved alternatives to chromosomal sex determination
2026 · Molecular Biology and Evolution
Shows how scale insects repeatedly evolved different sex determination systems.
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