The red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum has emerged as an important insect model system
for a variety of topics. With respect to studying gene function, it is second only to the vinegar …

RNA interference (RNAi) has emerged as an eco‐friendly alternative to classic pesticides for
pest control. This review highlights the importance of identifying the best target genes for …

More than half of all extant metazoan species on earth are insects. The evolutionary success
of insects is linked with their ability to osmoregulate, suggesting that they have evolved …

BACKGROUND An increasing human population, the emergence of resistances against
pesticides and their potential impact on the environment call for the development of new eco …

Autophagy is important for cellular homeostasis and to prevent the abnormal accumulation
of proteins. While many proteins that comprise the canonical autophagy pathway have been …

Animals from all major clades have evolved a segmented trunk, reflected in the human spine
or the insect segments. These units emerge during embryogenesis from a posterior segment …

Parental RNA interference (pRNAi) is a powerful and widely used method for gene‐specific
knockdown. Yet in insects its efficacy varies between species, and how the systemic …

There is a pressing need to increase the efficiency and reliability of toxicological safety
assessment for protecting human health and the environment. Although conventional …

RNA interference (RNAi) is a gene-silencing mechanism conserved across Eukaryota
widely used as a research tool to study gene function and, since 2007, investigated for …

The red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum has emerged as a powerful model in insect
functional genomics. However, a major limitation in the field is the lack of a detailed spatio …