ABSTRACT A (quite) large set of experiments has been undertaken to assess the potential
for evolutionary changes in invertebrates under current and future climate change …

Aims: The origin and evolution of biodiversity is one of the most important scientific
questions in the field of life sciences. The accumulation of multi-omics data and the …

Maintaining water balance is a universal challenge for organisms living in terrestrial
environments, especially for insects, which have essential roles in our ecosystem. Although …

Bacteria that live inside the cells of insect hosts (endosymbionts) can alter the reproduction
of their hosts, including the killing of male offspring (male killing, MK). MK has only been …

Cactophilic species of the Drosophila buzzatii cluster (repleta group) comprise an excellent
model group to investigate genomic changes underlying adaptation to extreme climate …

Proper expression of odor receptor genes is critical for the function of olfactory systems. In
this study, we identified exitrons (exonic introns) in four of the 39 Odorant receptor (Or) …

ELAV/Hu RNA-binding proteins are gene-specific regulators of alternative pre-mRNA
processing. ELAV/Hu family proteins bind to short AU-rich motifs which are abundant in pre …

The fruit flies in Tephritidae include many severe fruits and vegetables pests. To date, the
genomes and transcriptomes of tephritid flies are distributed in different major databases …

Metazoan parasites have played a major role in shaping innate immunity in animals. Insect
hosts and parasitoid wasps are excellent models for illuminating how animal innate immune …

In Drosophila melanogaster, a key germline stem cell (GSC) differentiation factor, bag of
marbles (bam) shows rapid bursts of amino acid fixations between sibling species D …