[HTML][HTML] A genetic basis for facultative parthenogenesis in Drosophila

AL Sperling, DK Fabian, E Garrison, DM Glover - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Facultative parthenogenesis enables sexually reproducing organisms to switch between
sexual and asexual parthenogenetic reproduction. To gain insights into this phenomenon …

[HTML][HTML] The Characterization of Melanaphis sacchari Microbiota and Antibiotic Treatment Effect on Insects

B Xoconostle-Cázares, JA Ramírez-Pool… - Insects, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Insects are rapidly adapting to novel niches, such as crops. This is the
case of the sugarcane aphid, a pest from Africa that is currently spreading worldwide. In the …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical Egg Activation and Rearing of First Instar Larvae of Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae)

E Van der Merwe, B Slippers, G Dittrich-Schröder - Insects, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Insects in the order Hymenoptera can produce males from unfertilised
eggs. However, unfertilised eggs require a specific signal to become 'activated'and start …

Reproductive biology: A genetic recipe for parthenogenesis

JM Thomalla, MF Wolfner - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
New work reveals differences in oogenic gene expression between parthenogenetic and
sexually reproducing Drosophila mercatorum strains. Recapitulating those changes in D …

[HTML][HTML] Aneuploidy during development in facultative parthenogenetic Drosophila

AL Sperling, DM Glover - Heredity, 2024 - nature.com
From concatenated chromosomes to polyploidization, large-scale genome changes are
known to occur in parthenogenetic animals. Here, we report mosaic aneuploidy in larval …

[HTML][HTML] Protocol for screening facultative parthenogenesis in Drosophila

AL Sperling, DM Glover - STAR protocols, 2023 - Elsevier
Most species of sexually reproducing Drosophila are capable of some degree of facultative
parthenogenesis, which involves the initiation of development in an unfertilized egg. Here …

Queering the genome: ethical challenges of epigenome editing in same-sex reproduction

A Villalba - Journal of Medical Ethics, 2024 - jme.bmj.com
In this article, I explore the ethical dimensions of same-sex reproduction achieved through
epigenome editing—an innovative and transformative technique. For the first time, I analyse …

The relationship between Otiorhynchus ukrainicus (Korotyaev, 1984), Otiorhynchus rotundus (Marseul, 1872) and Otiorhynchus smreczynskii (Cmoluch, 1968): a …

M Przybycień, S Morozov-Leonov… - Folia Biologica …, 2024 - ingentaconnect.com
Otiorhynchus rotundus (Marseul, 1872) and Otiorhynchus smreczynskii (Cmoluch, 1968: a
hybrid speciation reconstruction. Folia Biologica (Kraków) 72: 16-28. Otiorhynchus …

The mystery of distribution of Smittia brevipennis (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae)

AB Krasheninnikov, MV Gavrilo, AA Semenchenko - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Two new localities for Smittia brevipennis from the Franz-Josef Land Archipelago and the
Vize Island, Russian Arctic, are reported. A description of larvae and female imago is given …

Aneuploidy in facultative parthenogenetic Drosophila

A Sperling - 2023 - researchsquare.com
From concatenated chromosomes to polyploidization, large-scale genome changes are
known to occur in parthenogenetic animals. Here, we report mosaic aneuploidy in brains of …