In many multicellular eukaryotes, heteromorphic sex chromosomes are responsible for
determining the sexual characteristics and reproductive functions of individuals. Sex …

Sugar beet is a crop with high sucrose content, known for sugar production and recently
being considered as an emerging raw material for bioethanol production. This crop is also …

In insects, sex determination pathways involve three levels of master regulators: primary
signals, which determine the sex; executors, which control sex-specific differentiation of …

Simple Summary In animals, sexually dimorphic traits are ubiquitous and play vital roles in
reproduction, courtship, and environmental adaptation, especially in insects. In this study …

Lepidoptera are unusual in possessing two distinct kinds of sperm, regular nucleated
(eupyrene) sperm and anucleate (apyrene) sperm ('parasperm'). Sperm of both types are …

Sex determination in the silkworm, Bombyx mori, is based on Feminizer (Fem), a W-linked
Fem piRNA that triggers female development in WZ individuals, and the Z-linked …

The black cutworm (BCW), Agrotis ipsilon, is a worldwide polyphagous and underground
pest that causes a high level of economic loss to a wide range of crops through the damage …

Recently, a novel sex‐determination system was identified in the silkworm (Bombyx mori) in
which a piwi‐interacting RNA (piRNA) encoded on the female‐specific W chromosome …

Lepidopteran insects are heterogametic in females, although most insect species are
heterogametic in males. In a lepidopteran model species, the silkworm Bombyx mori …

Abstract The Mediterranean corn borer (Sesamia nonagrioides, Noctuidae, Lepidoptera) is a
major pest of maize in Europe and Africa. Here, we report an assembly of the nuclear and …