Our highly seasonal world restricts insect activity to brief portions of the year. This feature
necessitates a sophisticated interpretation of seasonal changes and enactment of …

The Hemiptera comprise the most species-rich order of the hemimetabolous insects.
Members of a number of superfamilies, most notably especially the more basal ones such as …

Abstract Adipokinetic hormones (AKHs) in Arthopoda are characterized by special sequence
features including limited choices of amino acid residues in certain positions, such as Trp in …

Genomic and phylogenetic analyses of various invertebrate phyla revealed the existence of
genes that are evolutionarily related to the vertebrate's decapeptide gonadotropin-releasing …

Anautogenous mosquitoes must blood feed on a vertebrate host to produce eggs. Each
gonadotrophic cycle is subdivided into a sugar‐feeding previtellogenic phase that produces …

The importance of insects in our ecosystems is undeniable. The indiscriminate use of broad-
spectrum insecticides is a factor in the decline in insect biomass. We identify and sequence …

Lepidoptera is amongst one of the four most speciose insect orders and ecologically very
successful because of their ability to fly. Insect flight is always aerobic and exacts a high …

In the year 2002, DNA loss model (DNA-LM) postulated that neuropeptide genes to
emerged through codons loss via the repair of damaged DNA from ancestral gene namely …

The phylum Arthropoda includes four extant classes: Hexapoda (springtails, bristletails,
insects), Chelicerata (scorpions, spiders, mites), Myriapoda (centipedes, millipedes), and …

Previous studies had shown that the corpora cardiaca (CC) of the Indian stick insect,
Carausius morosus, synthesizes two hypertrehalosemic hormones (HrTHs)—decapeptides …