The visual pigments known as opsins are the primary molecular basis for colour vision in
animals. Insects are among the most diverse of animal groups and their visual systems …

Across eumetazoans, the ability to perceive and respond to visual stimuli is largely mediated
by opsins, a family of proteins belonging to the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) …

Color vision in insects is determined by signaling cascades, central to which are opsin
proteins, resulting in sensitivity to light at different wavelengths. In certain insect groups …

Sea urchins are emblematic models in developmental biology and display several
characteristics that set them apart from other deuterostomes. To uncover the genomic cues …

Telomeres consist of highly conserved simple tandem telomeric repeat motif (TRM):(TTAGG)
n in arthropods,(TTAGGG) n in vertebrates, and (TTTAGGG) n in most plants. TRM can be …

One of the fundamental questions in insect evolution is the origin of their wings and primary
function of ancestral wing precursors. Recent phylogenomic and comparative morphological …

Simple Summary The genome is the basic evolutionary unit underpinning life on Earth.
Knowing its sequence, including the many thousands of genes coding for proteins in an …

After the loss of a trait, theory predicts that the molecular machinery underlying its
phenotypic expression should decay. Yet, empirical evidence is contrasting. Here, we test …

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

The concept that complex ancestral traits can never be recovered after their loss is still
widely accepted, despite phylogenetic and molecular approaches suggest instances where …