Ticks are obligate hematophagous arthropods that are distributed worldwide and are one of
the most important vectors of pathogens affecting humans and animals. Despite the growing …

Eggs from Aedes mosquitoes exhibit desiccation resistance that helps them to survive and
spread as human disease vectors throughout the world. Previous studies have suggested …

Most insects reproduce by laying eggs that have an eggshell/chorion secreted by follicle
cells, which serves as a protective barrier for developing embryos. Thus, eggshell formation …

The involvement of yellow genes y‐b, y‐c, y‐e, and y‐h in cuticle tanning has poorly been
clarified. In the present paper, six putative yellow (y‐y, y‐b, y‐c, y‐ey‐f, and y‐h) genes were …

The origin of sociality represents one of the most important evolutionary transitions. Insect
sociality evolved in some hemipteran aphids, which can produce soldiers and normal …

The class EC 5. xx, a group of enzymes that interconvert optical, geometric, or positional
isomers are interesting biocatalysts for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical …

The presence of the pigment melanin is widely distributed across different clades of
organisms in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. However, despite the widespread …

Eggs from Aedes mosquitoes exhibit desiccation resistance that helps them to survive and
spread as human disease vectors throughout the world. Previous studies have suggested …