Roy Kirsch

Genome of the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis), a globally significant invasive species, reveals key functional and evolutionary innovations at the beetle–plant interface

Duane D. McKenna, Erin D. Scully, Yannick Pauchet et al. · Genome biology · 2016 · 300 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Entomology, Plant Biology +14

Drastic Genome Reduction in an Herbivore’s Pectinolytic Symbiont

Hassan Salem, Eugen Bauer, Roy Kirsch et al. · Cell · 2017 · 232 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Plant Sciences +16

Horizontal gene transfer and functional diversification of plant cell wall degrading polygalacturonases: Key events in the evolution of herbivory in beetles

Roy Kirsch, Lydia Gramzow, Günter Theißen et al. · Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 2014 · 150 citations

Life Sciences, Entomology, Genetics +17

Symbiont Digestive Range Reflects Host Plant Breadth in Herbivorous Beetles

Hassan Salem, Roy Kirsch, Yannick Pauchet et al. · Current Biology · 2020 · 98 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Ecology, Entomology +12

Identification and characterization of plant cell wall degrading enzymes from three glycoside hydrolase families in the cerambycid beetle Apriona japonica

Yannick Pauchet, Roy Kirsch, Sandra Giraud et al. · Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 2014 · 71 citations

Life Sciences, Entomology, Plant Sciences +16