Arthropods are the most diverse animal phylum, and their phylogenetic relationships have
been debated for centuries. With the advent of molecular phylogenetics, arthropods were …

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 …

Segmentation is fundamental to the arthropod body plan. Understanding the evolutionary
steps by which arthropods became segmented is being transformed by the integration of …

A high-quality reference genome is a fundamental resource for functional genetics,
comparative genomics, and population genomics, and is increasingly important for …

Thrips are tiny insects from the order Thysanoptera (Hexapoda: Condylognatha), including
many sap‐sucking pests that are causing increasing damage to crops worldwide. In contrast …

Auchenorrhynchan insects (Hemiptera) generally depend on two bacterial symbionts for
nutrition. These bacteria experience extreme genome reduction and loss of essential cell …

Transposable elements (TEs) are ubiquitous in arthropods. However, analyses of large-
scale and long-term coevolution between TEs and host genomes remain scarce in …

Background A high-quality reference genome is an essential tool for applied and basic
research on arthropods. Long-read sequencing technologies may be used to generate more …

Exposure to environmental variation is a characteristic feature of normal development, one
that organisms can respond to during their lifetimes by actively adjusting or maintaining their …

Even in the era of next generation sequencing, in which bioinformatics tools abound,
annotating transcriptomes and proteomes remains a challenge. This can have major …