Odorant‐binding proteins (OBPs) and chemosensory proteins (CSPs) are regarded as
carriers of pheromones and odorants in insect chemoreception. These proteins are typically …

Odour perception has been the object of fast growing research interest in the last three
decades. Parallel to the study of the corresponding biological systems, attempts are being …

Chemosensory-related gene (CRG) families have been studied extensively in insects, but
their evolutionary history across the Arthropoda had remained relatively unexplored. Here …

Animals rely on their chemosensory system to discriminate among a very large number of
attractive or repulsive chemical cues in the environment, which is essential to respond with …

Most insect species rely on the detection of olfactory cues for critical behaviors for the
survival of the species, eg, finding food, suitable mates and appropriate egg-laying sites …

Gene annotation is a critical bottleneck in genomic research, especially for the
comprehensive study of very large gene families in the genomes of nonmodel organisms …

Spiders (Araneae) make up a remarkably diverse lineage of predators that have
successfully colonized most terrestrial ecosystems. All spiders produce silk, and many …

The acquisition of genome sequences from a wide range of insects and other arthropods
has revealed a broad positive correlation between the complexity of their chemical ecology …

Niemann-Pick proteins type C2 (NPC2) are carriers of cholesterol in vertebrates, with a
single member in each species. The high sequence conservation between mammals and …

Hard ticks feed for several days or weeks on their hosts and their saliva contains thousands
of polypeptides belonging to dozens of families, as identified by salivary transcriptomes …