Research progress on oviposition-related genes in insects

HL Li, XY Wang, XL Zheng, W Lu - Journal of Insect Science, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Oviposition-related genes have remained a consistent focus of insect molecular biology.
Previous research has gradually clarified our mechanistic understanding of oviposition …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of potential candidate genes involved in the sex determination cascade in an aquatic firefly, Sclerotia aquatilis (Coleoptera, Lampyridae)

S Nguantad, P Chumnanpuen, A Thancharoen… - Genomics, 2020 - Elsevier
Sexual differentiation, dimorphism, and courtship behavior are the downstream
developmental programs of the sex determination cascade. The sex determination cascade …

Molecular characterization of transformer‐2 gene in the mud crab Scylla paramamosain and its putative role in sexual development

M Wang, X Xie, L Zheng, H Zheng, G Yu… - Aquaculture …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Transformer‐2 (Tra‐2) is an mRNA splicing factor that acts in concert with Tra to
regulate the female sexual development in Drosophila melanogaster. In decapods, as no …

Polyploidy and host specificity genetics in Nasonia parasitoid wasps

K Leung - 2020 - research.rug.nl
Polyploidization is highly deleterious and hymenopterans with complementary sex
determination (CSD) have problems of polyploidy-linked sterility. However, many eukaryotic …

[PDF][PDF] Delineation of the Nasonia host specificity gene host preference 1 to an odorant-receptor enriched region

K Leung, D Slotboom, D Engels, JH Werren… - Polyploidy and host … - research.rug.nl
Host specificity plays an important role in evolution by driving niche specialization and
species diversification. From an applied perspective, biological control agents must be host …