Megan Fritz

Portrait of Megan Fritz

Megan Fritz

Entomology Associate Professor

Teaching

BSCI483: Insects, Pathogens, and Public Health
BSCI484: Insects, Pathogens, and Public Health: Laboratory
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

BISI Concentration Areas

BEES

CBBG

MOCB


Latest Papers

A weather-driven mathematical model of Culex population abundance and the impact of vector control interventions

| Ecological Informatics
Author(s): Suman Bhowmick, Patrick Irwin, Kristina Lopez, et. al
UMD Author(s): Megan Fritz


Ancient origin of an urban underground mosquito

| Science
Author(s): Yuki Haba, PipPop Consortium‡, Petra Korlević, et. al
UMD Author(s): Megan Fritz


Polygenic response to selection by transgenic Bt-expressing crops in wild Helicoverpa zea and characterization of a major effect locus

| BMC genomics
Author(s): Katherine L. Taylor, Jane Quackenbush, Cara Lamberty, et. al
UMD Author(s): Kelly Hamby, Megan Fritz


Genetic and behavioral differences between above and below ground Culex pipiens bioforms

| Heredity
Author(s): Katherine L. Bell, Anna Noreuil, Erin K. Molloy, et. al
UMD Author(s): Megan Fritz, Erin Molloy


Cross-pollination in seed-blended refuge and selection for Vip3A resistance in a lepidopteran pest as detected by genomic monitoring

| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Author(s): Daniela Pezzini, Katherine L. Taylor, Dominic D. Reisig, et. al
UMD Author(s): Megan Fritz


Genetic and behavioral differences between above and below ground Culex pipiens bioforms.

| Heredity
Author(s): Bell KL, Noreuil A, Molloy EK, et. al
UMD Author(s): Megan Fritz


The chromosome-scale genome assembly for the West Nile vector Culex quinquefasciatus uncovers patterns of genome evolution in mosquitoes.

| BMC biology
Author(s): Ryazansky SS, Chen C, Potters M, et. al
UMD Author(s): Megan Fritz


Spatiotemporal organization of cryptic North American Culex species along an urbanization gradient

| Ecological Solutions and Evidence
Author(s): Arielle Arsenault‐Benoit, Megan L. Fritz
UMD Author(s): Megan Fritz