Neo-sex chromosomes are found in many taxa, but the forces driving their emergence and
spread are poorly understood. The female-specific neo-W chromosome of the African …

The Lepidoptera is one of the most widespread and recognisable insect orders. Due to their
remarkable diversity, economic and ecological importance, moths and butterflies have been …

The use of resistant cultivars is a key component of any integrated pest management (IPM)
program. Here, we assess the resistance status of 10 different soybean cultivar seeds …

Many insect species are infected with maternally transmitted endosymbionts, the most
widely documented being Wolbachia. The rate of spread and equilibrium of prevalence of …

Phylum XVI. Tenericutes Murray 1984a, 356VP (Effective publication: Murray 1984b, 33.) |
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Simple Summary Bacterial symbionts, especially Wolbachia, are vital in many physiological
processes of insects. However, the mean infection prevalence of Wolbachia in many species …

Background Sexual selection and conflicts within and between sexes promote
morphological diversity of reproductive traits within species. Variation in the morphology of …

1. The aim of this paper is to investigate mechanisms of reinforcement between two semi‐
isolated semispecies of the African savannah butterfly Danaus chrysippus. The …

In butterflies and moths, male‐killing endosymbionts are transmitted from infected females
via their eggs, and the male progeny then perish. This means that successful transmission of …

The type material of the available name Euploea dorippus Klug, 1845, originated from
northern Sudan, an area that lies beyond the core zone of the semispecies or subspecies …