Beyond chemoreception: diverse tasks of soluble olfactory proteins in insects

P Pelosi, I Iovinella, J Zhu, G Wang… - Biological Reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Odorant‐binding proteins (OBPs) and chemosensory proteins (CSPs) are regarded as
carriers of pheromones and odorants in insect chemoreception. These proteins are typically …

Insect genomes: progress and challenges

F Li, X Zhao, M Li, K He, C Huang, Y Zhou… - Insect molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In the wake of constant improvements in sequencing technologies, numerous insect
genomes have been sequenced. Currently, 1219 insect genome‐sequencing projects have …

Large-scale comparative analyses of tick genomes elucidate their genetic diversity and vector capacities

N Jia, J Wang, W Shi, L Du, Y Sun, W Zhan, JF Jiang… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Among arthropod vectors, ticks transmit the most diverse human and animal pathogens,
leading to an increasing number of new challenges worldwide. Here we sequenced and …

Evolution of DNA methylation across insects

AJ Bewick, KJ Vogel, AJ Moore… - Molecular biology and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
DNA methylation contributes to gene and transcriptional regulation in eukaryotes, and
therefore has been hypothesized to facilitate the evolution of plastic traits such as sociality in …

Genomic landscape and genetic manipulation of the black soldier fly Hermetia illucens, a natural waste recycler

S Zhan, G Fang, M Cai, Z Kou, J Xu, Y Cao, L Bai… - Cell research, 2020 - nature.com
The black soldier fly (BSF), Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), is renowned for its
bioconversion of organic waste into a sustainable source of animal feed. We report a high …

Odorant receptors and odorant-binding proteins as insect pest control targets: a comparative analysis

H Venthur, JJ Zhou - Frontiers in physiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Recently, two alternative targets in insect periphery nerve system have been explored for
environmentally-friendly approaches in insect pest management, namely odorant-binding …

Probing the evolution, ecology and physiology of marine protists using transcriptomics

DA Caron, H Alexander, AE Allen… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Protists, which are single-celled eukaryotes, critically influence the ecology and chemistry of
marine ecosystems, but genome-based studies of these organisms have lagged behind …

Evolution of acid-sensing olfactory circuits in drosophilids

LL Prieto-Godino, R Rytz, S Cruchet, B Bargeton… - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
Animals adapt their behaviors to specific ecological niches, but the genetic and cellular
basis of nervous system evolution is poorly understood. We have compared the olfactory …

Unique features of a global human ectoparasite identified through sequencing of the bed bug genome

JB Benoit, ZN Adelman, K Reinhardt, A Dolan… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The bed bug, Cimex lectularius, has re-established itself as a ubiquitous human
ectoparasite throughout much of the world during the past two decades. This global …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond the Paris Agreement: Climate change policy negotiations and future directions

SN Seo - Regional Science Policy & Practice, 2017 - Elsevier
At the conclusion of the Paris conference, this paper provides a review of the history of
international negotiations on global warming for the past three decades with an emphasis …