A heterodimer of the insect chemoreceptors Gr21a and Gr63a has been shown to be the
carbon dioxide receptor in Drosophila melanogaster (Meigen)(Diptera: Drosophilidae) …

Background Epigenetic modification of DNA via methylation is one of the key inventions in
eukaryotic evolution. It provides a source for the switching of gene activities, the …

Although the honey bee (Apis mellifera) genome contains far fewer cytochrome P450 genes
associated with xenobiotic metabolism than other insect genomes sequenced to date, the …

Next-generation sequencing has opened the door to genomic analysis of nonmodel
organisms. Technologies generating long-sequence reads (200–400 bp) are increasingly …

Abstract Background The silkworm, Bombyx mori, is one of the most economically important
insects in many developing countries owing to its large-scale cultivation for silk production …

The Asiatic honeybee, Apis cerana Fabricius, is an important honeybee species in Asian
countries. It is still found in the wild, but is also one of the few bee species that can be …

Neuropeptides are a diverse class of signalling molecules that are widely employed as
neurotransmitters and neuromodulators in animals, both invertebrate and vertebrate …

Background Female animals are often able to store sperm inside their body-in some species
even for several decades. The molecular basis of how females keep non-own cells alive is …

Pheromones are very important in animal communication. To learn more about the
molecular basis of pheromone action, we studied the effects of a potent honey bee …

Virtually, all research on basic mechanisms of aging has used species that are short lived
and thus demonstrably unsuccessful at combating basic aging processes. A novel …