Telomerase and telomerase-generated telomeric DNA sequences are widespread
throughout eukaryotes, yet they are not universal. Neither telomerase nor the simple DNA …

Simple Summary The class Insecta constitutes the largest group of terrestrial animals, with
more than a million described species. As in all other animals, insect genomes contain …

Abstract The Neotropical Meliponini bees, commonly known as stingless bees, are
phylogenetically subdivided into three clades in which the chromosome numbers vary from …

In many groups of animals, especially insects, genital morphology is species distinctive. This
is true of bush-crickets or katydids (Tettigonioidea). The calling songs produced by males …

Among insect taxa, ants exhibit one of the most variable chromosome numbers ranging from
n= 1 to n= 60. This high karyotype diversity is suggested to be correlated to ants …

East Africa is a hotspot of biodiversity of many orthopteran taxa, including bushcrickets.
Gonatoxia Karsch, 1889 species are fully alate Phaneropterinae, which are perfectly …

Abstract Background Poecilimon and Isophya are the largest genera of the tribe Barbitistini
and among the most systematically complicated and evolutionarily intriguing groups of …

The cytogenetic characteristics of 17 species of bushcricket belonging to eight genera of the
tribe Barbitistini were examined by fluorescence in situ hybridization with 18S rDNA and …

The water-hyacinth grasshopper, Cornops aquaticum (Orthoptera: Acrididae), shows a clinal
variation for 3 Robertsonian translocation (centric fusion) polymorphisms in the southern …

The genus Bradyporus Charpentier is taxonomically revised using information obtained from
numerous recently collected specimens. Bradyporus is divided into two subgenera …