Megan Fritz
Megan Fritz
Teaching
BSCI483: Insects+Public Health
ENTM699M: Genmcs Rsrch App Bio-I
ENTM699N: Genmcs Rsrch App Bio-II
ENTM788C: Colloquium
Graduate Program Affiliations
Biological Sciences (BISI): Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, and Genomics (CBBG)
Biological Sciences (BISI): Molecular and Cell Biology (MOCB)
Entomology
Research
The Fritz lab focuses on the study of insect evolution in response to a constantly changing environment. The lab uses molecular, genomic, and computational tools to shed light on the genomic variants that facilitate adaptation.
Education
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2011
B.S., Michigan State University, 2005
Latest Papers
A weather-driven mathematical model of Culex population abundance and the impact of vector control interventions
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Ecological Informatics
Author(s): Suman Bhowmick, Patrick Irwin, Kristina Lopez, Megan Lindsay Fritz, Rebecca Lee Smith
Ancient origin of an urban underground mosquito
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Science
Author(s): Yuki Haba, PipPop Consortium‡, Petra Korlević, Erica McAlister, Mara K. N. Lawniczak, Molly Schumer, Noah H. Rose, Carolyn S. McBride, Matthew L. Aardema, Maria O. Afonso, et. al
Polygenic response to selection by transgenic Bt-expressing crops in wild Helicoverpa zea and characterization of a major effect locus
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BMC Genomics
Author(s): Katherine L. Taylor, Jane Quackenbush, Cara Lamberty, Kelly A. Hamby, Megan L. Fritz
Host-feeding preferences and temperature shape the dynamics of West Nile virus: A mathematical model to predict the impacts of vector-host interactions and vector management on R<sub>0</sub>.
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Acta tropica
Author(s): Bhowmick S, Fritz ML, Smith RL
Cross-pollination in seed-blended refuge and selection for Vip3A resistance in a lepidopteran pest as detected by genomic monitoring
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Author(s): Daniela Pezzini, Katherine L. Taylor, Dominic D. Reisig, Megan L. Fritz
RNAi-Mediated Silencing of Laccase 2 in Culex pipiens Pupae via Dehydration and Soaking Results in Multiple Defects in Cuticular Development
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Insects
Author(s): Anastasia N. Naumenko, Megan L. Fritz
Genetic and behavioral differences between above and below ground Culex pipiens bioforms.
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Heredity
Author(s): Bell KL, Noreuil A, Molloy EK, Fritz ML
The chromosome-scale genome assembly for the West Nile vector Culex quinquefasciatus uncovers patterns of genome evolution in mosquitoes.
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BMC biology
Author(s): Ryazansky SS, Chen C, Potters M, Naumenko AN, Lukyanchikova V, Masri RA, Brusentsov II, Karagodin DA, Yurchenko AA, Dos Anjos VL, et. al
Spatiotemporal organization of cryptic North American
Culex
species along an urbanization gradient
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Ecological Solutions and Evidence
Author(s): Arielle Arsenault‐Benoit, Megan L. Fritz
