The Baboon Gene Encodes Three Functionally Distinct Transforming Growth Factor β Type I Receptor Variants in Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata

Y Zhang, F Chen, L Jin, G Li - Agriculture, 2024 - mdpi.com
The Transforming Growth Factor-β (TGF-β) cascade plays a critical role in insect
metamorphosis and involves cell-surface receptors known as type I and II, respectively (TβRI …

Gut microbiota–mediated lipid accumulation as a driver of evolutionary adaptation to blue light toxicity in Drosophila

Y Takada, T Ichinose, N Fuse, K Saito… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Blue light (BL), abundant in sunlight, is highly toxic to many insect species when exposure is
excessive. While the physiological mechanisms of BL toxicity are being revealed, the …