Epigenetics in insects: genome regulation and the generation of phenotypic diversity

KM Glastad, BG Hunt… - Annual review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Epigenetic inheritance is fundamentally important to cellular differentiation and
developmental plasticity. In this review, we provide an introduction to the field of molecular …

Olfactory systems across mosquito species

M Wheelwright, CR Whittle, O Riabinina - Cell and Tissue Research, 2021 - Springer
There are 3559 species of mosquitoes in the world (Harbach 2018) but, so far, only a
handful of them have been a focus of olfactory neuroscience and neurobiology research …

The structural basis of odorant recognition in insect olfactory receptors

J Del Mármol, MA Yedlin, V Ruta - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Olfactory systems must detect and discriminate amongst an enormous variety of odorants.
To contend with this challenge, diverse species have converged on a common strategy in …

Cryo-EM structure of the insect olfactory receptor Orco

JA Butterwick, J Del Mármol, KH Kim, MA Kahlson… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The olfactory system must recognize and discriminate amongst an enormous variety of
chemicals in the environment. To contend with such diversity, insects have evolved a family …

[HTML][HTML] Orco mutagenesis causes loss of antennal lobe glomeruli and impaired social behavior in ants

W Trible, L Olivos-Cisneros, SK McKenzie, J Saragosti… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Life inside ant colonies is orchestrated with diverse pheromones, but it is not clear how ants
perceive these social signals. It has been proposed that pheromone perception in ants …

Involvement of GOBP2 in the perception of a sex pheromone component in both larval and adult Spodoptera litura revealed using CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis

WK Han, YL Yang, YX Si, ZQ Wei, SR Liu, XL Liu… - Insect Biochemistry and …, 2022 - Elsevier
General odorant-binding proteins (GOBPs) are long considered responsible for the
perception of plant odorants. In this study with the important noctuid pest Spodoptera litura …

Drosophila olfaction: past, present and future

R Benton - Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Among the many wonders of nature, the sense of smell of the fly Drosophila melanogaster
might seem, at first glance, of esoteric interest. Nevertheless, for over a century, the 'nose'of …

Chemoreceptor co-expression in Drosophila melanogaster olfactory neurons

D Task, CC Lin, A Vulpe, A Afify, S Ballou, M Brbic… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Drosophila melanogaster olfactory neurons have long been thought to express only one
chemosensory receptor gene family. There are two main olfactory receptor gene families in …

The mechanisms of social immunity against fungal infections in eusocial insects

L Liu, XY Zhao, QB Tang, CL Lei, QY Huang - Toxins, 2019 - mdpi.com
Entomopathogenic fungus as well as their toxins is a natural threat surrounding social insect
colonies. To defend against them, social insects have evolved a series of unique disease …

Evolution, developmental expression and function of odorant receptors in insects

H Yan, S Jafari, G Pask, X Zhou… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
Animals rely on their chemosensory system to discriminate among a very large number of
attractive or repulsive chemical cues in the environment, which is essential to respond with …