Tanya Renner

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Associate Professor, Entomology

The Renner Lab explores evolutionary patterns and processes that drive functional diversification. We use plants and insects as models to study adaptation, and current projects examine the underlying genetics and evolution of chemical and structural defense mechanisms. We seek to understand how organisms acquire novel phenotypes through co-option of existing genes, tissues, and organs. Specifically, we investigate the role, regulation, and diversity of chemical defense genes, and examine the evolution of multi-step enzyme-catalyzed pathways that form defensive compounds in specialized tissues and organs. Our research combines experimental biology with whole genome sequencing, transcriptomics, phylogenetics, and morphology.

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Recent Publications

New records of Micromegistus bakeri, Trägårdh 1948 (Acari: Mesostigmata: Parantennulidae), a mite symbiotic on carabid beetles, and notes on the species’ distribution and host specificity

Riggins, N., Young, M. R., Renner, T., Beaulieu, F. & Skvarla, M., 2024, In: Acarologia. 64, 2, p. 575-591 17 p.

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Dynamic evolution of the mTHF gene family associated with primary metabolism across life

Rork, A. M., Bala, A. S. & Renner, T., Dec 2024, In: BMC genomics. 25, 1, 432.

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Subgenome dominance shapes novel gene evolution in the decaploid pitcher plant Nepenthes gracilis

Saul, F., Scharmann, M., Wakatake, T., Rajaraman, S., Marques, A., Freund, M., Bringmann, G., Channon, L., Becker, D., Carroll, E., Low, Y. W., Lindqvist, C., Gilbert, K. J., Renner, T., Masuda, S., Richter, M., Vogg, G., Shirasu, K., Michael, T. P. & Hedrich, R. & 2 others, Albert, V. A. & Fukushima, K., Dec 2023, In: Nature Plants. 9, 12, p. 2000-2015 16 p.

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Genomic insights into the evolution of plant chemical defense

Drummond, C. P. & Renner, T., Aug 2022, In: Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 68, 102254.

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The digestive systems of carnivorous plants

Freund, M., Graus, D., Fleischmann, A., Gilbert, K. J., Lin, Q., Renner, T., Stigloher, C., Albert, V. A., Hedrich, R. & Fukushima, K., Sep 2022, In: Plant physiology. 190, 1, p. 44-59 16 p.

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Acid or base? How do plants regulate the ecology of their phylloplane?

Gilbert, K. J. & Renner, T., Aug 1 2021, In: AoB PLANTS. 13, 4, plab032.

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Author Correction: Primary Metabolism Co-Opted for Defensive Chemical Production in the Carabid Beetle, Harpalus pensylvanicus (Journal of Chemical Ecology, (2021), 47, 3, (334-349), 10.1007/s10886-021-01253-2)

Rork, A. M., Xu, S., Attygalle, A. & Renner, T., Mar 2021, In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. 47, 3, p. 350 1 p.

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Primary Metabolism co-Opted for Defensive Chemical Production in the Carabid Beetle, Harpalus pensylvanicus

Rork, A. M., Xu, S., Attygalle, A. & Renner, T., Mar 2021, In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. 47, 3, p. 334-349 16 p.

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Aquatic angiosperm ambiguities answered

Albert, V. A. & Renner, T., Mar 1 2020, In: Nature Plants. 6, 3, p. 181-183 3 p.

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The evolution of the mammalian ABCA6-like genes: Analysis of phylogenetic, expression, and population genetic data reveals complex evolutionary histories

Breuss, M. W., Mamerto, A., Renner, T. & Waters, E. R., 2020, In: Genome biology and evolution. 12, 11, p. 2093-2106 14 p.

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Pygidial glands of Harpalus pensylvanicus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) contain resilin-rich structures

Rork, A. M., Mikó, I. & Renner, T., Mar 2019, In: Arthropod Structure and Development. 49, p. 19-25 7 p.

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Patterns of alternative splicing vary between species during heat stress

Kannan, S., Halter, G., Renner, T. & Waters, E. R., Mar 1 2018, In: AoB PLANTS. 10, 2, ply013.

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Carabidae Semiochemistry: Current and Future Directions

Rork, A. M. & Renner, T., Dec 1 2018, In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. 44, 12, p. 1069-1083 15 p.

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Long-read sequencing uncovers the adaptive topography of a carnivorous plant genome

Lan, T., Renner, T., Ibarra-Laclette, E., Farr, K. M., Chang, T. H., Cervantes-Pérez, S. A., Zheng, C., Sankoff, D., Tang, H., Purbojati, R. W., Putra, A., Drautz-Moses, D. I., Schuster, S. C., Herrera-Estrella, L. & Albert, V. A., May 30 2017, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 114, 22, p. E4435-E4441

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Molecular characterization and evolution of carnivorous sundew (Drosera rotundifolia L.) class V β-1,3-glucanase

Michalko, J., Renner, T., Mészáros, P., Socha, P., Moravčíková, J., Blehová, A., Libantová, J., Polóniová, Z. & Matušíková, I., Jan 1 2017, In: Planta. 245, 1, p. 77-91 15 p.

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