The genetics of the sex determination regulatory cascade in Drosophila melanogaster has a
fascinating history, interlinked with the foundation of the Genetics discipline itself. The …

Highlights•Termite sociogenomics is a growing field of insect evolutionary biology.•Large
numbers of caste-specific expressed genes have been identified.•At least some of these …

Sexually dimorphic development is responsible for some of the most remarkable phenotypic
variation found in nature. Alternative splicing of the transcription factor gene doublesex (dsx) …

Sex determination pathways in insects are generally characterised by an upstream primary
signal, which is highly variable across species, and that regulates the splicing of a suite of …

Acquisition of novel functions caused by gene duplication may be important for termite social
evolution. To clarify this possibility, additional evidence is needed. An important example is …

Alternative splicing underpins functional diversity in proteins and the complexity and
diversity of eukaryotes. An example is the doublesex gene, the key transcriptional factor in …

The silverleaf whitefly Bemisia tabaci is one of the most destructive of crop pests globally. In
Northern India cotton is predominately infested by the Asia II-1 species of B. tabaci. Though …

Termites have an elaborate social system that involves cooperation and division of labour
among colony members. Although this social system is regulated by chemical signals …

Eusocial insects such as termites, ants, bees, and wasps exhibit a reproductive division of
labor. The developmental regulation of reproductive organ (ovaries and testes) is crucial for …

In most holometabolous insects, sex differentiation occurs via a hierarchical cascade of
transcription factors, with doublesex (dsx) regulating genes that control sex-specific traits …