I-Colorado potato beetle isikwazi ukumelana nezinhlobo ezingaphezu kuka-50 zezibulala-zinambuzane. Lokhu kwenza isinambuzane sibe "inkathazo enkulu" edala umonakalo kumazambane emhlabeni wonke.
Njengoba u-Eric Hamilton ebhala esihlokweni sewebhusayithi yeNyuvesi yaseWisconsin-Madison, ucwaningo olusha lubonisa ukuthi leli bhungane likwazi ukuqina ngenxa yokuhlukahluka kofuzo lwalo.
Ukwehlukahlukana kwezakhi zofuzo kwenani lezinambuzane kanye neqoqo lezakhi zofuzo ezikhona zingase zinikeze leli bhungane ukumelana okuqinile esikhathini esizayo. Kodwa ukuqonda okusha kwemithombo ye-genomic yezinambuzane kungasiza ososayensi bakhe izinhlelo zokulawula izinambuzane.
Ithimba labacwaningi eNyuvesi yaseWisconsin-Madison yalandelanisa i-genome ye-Colorado potato beetle okokuqala ngo-2018. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, bebelokhu behlola i-genome ukuze baqonde ukuthi isinambuzane singaqala kanjani ukumelana nezibulala-zinambuzane ezintsha ngokushesha kangaka. Ukuze benze lokhu, balandelanisa amabhungane ayishumi nambili avela kulo lonke elase-United States. Lezi zibalo zezifunda ziyehluka ngokuthi zimelana naziphi izibulala-zinambuzane kanye nemvelaphi yazo.
Ososayensi bathola ukuthi la maqembu esifunda ahlukahlukene avela ngokushesha ngenxa yokuthi abazali bawo base benemithombo yofuzo edingekayo ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukumelana nezibulala-zinambuzane.
Lokhu kuziphendukela kwemvelo okusheshayo, okusekelwe ekunotheni kokuhlukahluka kofuzo okukhona, kungqubuzana nemodeli endala yokuziphendukela kwemvelo, eyayicabanga ukuthi ukuguqulwa kwezakhi zofuzo ezingavamile kufanele kwenzeke kancane kancane kubantu. Nakuba izinguquko ezintsha zivela futhi zingase zibe nomthelela ekumelaneni nezibulala-zinambuzane, ukusabela okusheshayo kwebhungane lamazambane kumakhemikhali amasha ezingxenyeni ezihlukahlukene zezwe kungachazwa kuphela ngokuhlukahluka okukhona.
Akunakwenzeka ukuthi ngisho nesibulala-zinambuzane esisha ngokuphelele sizogcina izinambuzane zilawulwa isikhathi eside.