Colorado qos beetle tau tsim kev tiv thaiv rau ntau tshaj 50 hom tshuaj tua kab. Qhov no ua rau kab "super pest" ua kev puas tsuaj rau qos yaj ywm thoob plaws ntiaj teb.
Raws li Eric Hamilton sau nyob rau hauv ib tsab xov xwm rau University of Wisconsin-Madison lub vev xaib, kev tshawb fawb tshiab qhia tau hais tias cov kab no muaj zog heev vim muaj ntau haiv neeg hauv nws cov genome.
Kev sib txawv ntawm cov kab mob ntawm cov kab tsuag thiab cov arsenal ntawm cov noob tiv thaiv uas twb muaj lawm yuav ua rau cov kab muaj zog tiv thaiv yav tom ntej. Tab sis kev nkag siab tshiab ntawm cov kab tsuag kab mob tuaj yeem pab cov kws tshawb fawb txhim kho kab tsuag.
Pab neeg tshawb fawb University of Wisconsin-Madison sequenced lub genome ntawm Colorado qos beetle thawj zaug hauv 2018. Txij thaum ntawd los, lawv tau tshawb nrhiav genome kom nkag siab tias kab tuaj yeem txhim kho cov tshuaj tua kab tshiab sai npaum li cas. Txhawm rau ua qhov no, lawv tau ua raws ntau lub kaum kab kab los ntawm thoob plaws Tebchaws Meskas. Cov pej xeem hauv cheeb tsam no txawv ntawm cov tshuaj tua kab uas lawv tiv taus thiab hauv keeb kwm.
Cov kws tshawb fawb pom tias cov pab pawg hauv cheeb tsam no tau hloov zuj zus sai heev vim lawv cov niam txiv cov pej xeem twb muaj cov peev txheej caj ces xav tau los txhim kho cov tshuaj tua kab.
Qhov kev hloov pauv sai sai no, raws li kev nplua nuj ntawm cov noob caj noob ces uas twb muaj lawm, yog qhov tsis sib haum xeeb nrog cov qauv qub ntawm evolution, uas xav tias tsis tshua muaj kev hloov pauv yuav tsum tshwm sim maj mam hauv cov pejxeem. Thaum cov kev hloov pauv tshiab tau hloov zuj zus tuaj thiab tuaj yeem ua rau muaj tshuaj tua kab mob, cov lus teb ceev ceev ntawm cov qos yaj ywm kab rau cov tshuaj tshiab hauv ntau lub teb chaws tuaj yeem piav qhia los ntawm nws qhov muaj ntau haiv neeg.
Nws tsis zoo li tias txawm tias cov tshuaj tua kab tshiab yuav ua rau cov kab tsuag tswj tau ntev.