Highlights•Chromatin folding into topologically associated domains (TADs) is pervasive
across animal groups.•TADs are plastic entities composed of genomic strata from different …

Our understanding of the mechanisms that modulate gene expression in animals is strongly
biased by studying a handful of model species that mainly belong to three groups: Insecta …

Dragonflies and damselflies are among the earliest flying insects with extant
representatives. However, unraveling details of their long evolutionary history, such as egg …

Many hemimetabolous insects produce their own cellulase enzymes from the glycoside
hydrolase family 9, first observed in termites and cockroaches. Phasmatodea have multiple …

Background Phylogenetic relationships among the myriapod subgroups Chilopoda,
Diplopoda, Symphyla and Pauropoda are still not robustly resolved. The first phylogenomic …

Chemosensory perception is a fundamental biological process of particular relevance in
basic and applied arthropod research. However, apart from insects, there is little knowledge …

Abstract BEAF (Boundary Element-Associated Factor) was originally identified as a
Drosophila melanoga st er chromatin domain insulator-binding protein, suggesting a role in …

Su (Hw) belongs to the class of proteins that organize chromosome architecture and
boundaries/insulators between regulatory domains. This protein contains a cluster of 12 zinc …

Abstract BTB (Bric-a-brack, Tramtrack and Broad Complex) is a diverse group of protein-
protein interaction domains found within various eukaryotic proteins. In metazoans, many …

Epigenetic gene control is maintained by chromatin‐associated Polycomb group (PcG) and
Trithorax group (TrxG) genes, which act antagonistically via the interplay between PcG and …