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ArticleBio-protocol2026

Simultaneous Transcriptomic Analysis of Both Host and Symbiont in Insect-Fungus Interactions.

McKeon Laws, Ellie S Burns, Matt T Kason, Teiya Kijimoto, Jason E Stajich

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Article in Bio-protocol, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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McKeon LawsSchool of Natural Resources and the Environment, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Ellie S BurnsSchool of Natural Resources and the Environment, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Matt T KasonSchool of Natural Resources and the Environment, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Teiya KijimotoEast Carolina University, Department of Biology, Greenville, NC, USA.
Jason E StajichDepartment of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the last two decades, the field of molecular entomology has seen a shift toward next-generation sequencing techniques as a means of uncovering genetic and developmental processes. However, the standardization of methods is not well-established, and studies for insect-fungus consortia lack established protocols for advanced molecular techniques and downstream analysis compared to approaches applied in model systems involving insect-bacteria interactions. To investigate insect-microbe interactions, RNA sequencing and analysis is often used to identify genes involved in the symbiosis. But such protocols do not often consider insect-fungus systems, which vary significantly in community member abundance and/or fail to describe the details of the process from collection to data processing. This paper will introduce a comprehensive approach for RNA sequencing using two non-model insect-fungus consortia, which lack established, published protocols seen in model systems: the ambrosia beetle mutualism and cicada

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Ambrosia beetleAmbrosia SymbiosisCicadaEuwallaceaFusariumMassosporaNextflowRNA ExtractionRNA Seq

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