Molecular evolution of the major arthropod chemoreceptor gene families

HM Robertson - Annual review of entomology, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The evolutionary origins of the three major families of chemoreceptors in arthropods—the
odorant receptor (OR), gustatory receptor (GR), and ionotropic receptor (IR) families …

Transposable elements and the evolution of insects

C Gilbert, J Peccoud, R Cordaux - Annual Review of Entomology, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Insects are major contributors to our understanding of the interaction between transposable
elements (TEs) and their hosts, owing to seminal discoveries, as well as to the growing …

Phylogenomic insights into the evolution of stinging wasps and the origins of ants and bees

MG Branstetter, BN Danforth, JP Pitts, BC Faircloth… - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
Summary The stinging wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) are an extremely diverse lineage of
hymenopteran insects, encompassing over 70,000 described species and a diversity of life …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity and evolution of the P450 family in arthropods

W Dermauw, T Van Leeuwen, R Feyereisen - Insect biochemistry and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The P450 family (CYP genes) of arthropods encodes diverse enzymes involved in the
metabolism of foreign compounds and in essential endocrine or ecophysiological functions …

Genomes of the banyan tree and pollinator wasp provide insights into fig-wasp coevolution

X Zhang, G Wang, S Zhang, S Chen, Y Wang, P Wen… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Banyan trees are distinguished by their extraordinary aerial roots. The Ficus genus includes
species that have evolved a species-specific mutualism system with wasp pollinators. We …

The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization

BM Sadd, SM Barribeau, G Bloch, DC De Graaf… - Genome biology, 2015 - Springer
Background The shift from solitary to social behavior is one of the major evolutionary
transitions. Primitively eusocial bumblebees are uniquely placed to illuminate the evolution …

Unique features of a global human ectoparasite identified through sequencing of the bed bug genome

JB Benoit, ZN Adelman, K Reinhardt, A Dolan… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The bed bug, Cimex lectularius, has re-established itself as a ubiquitous human
ectoparasite throughout much of the world during the past two decades. This global …

Chemoreceptor evolution in Hymenoptera and its implications for the evolution of eusociality

X Zhou, A Rokas, SL Berger, J Liebig… - Genome biology and …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Eusocial insects, mostly Hymenoptera, have evolved unique colonial lifestyles that rely on
the perception of social context mainly through pheromones, and chemoreceptors are …

Telomere-to-telomere and gap-free genome assembly of a susceptible grapevine species (Thompson Seedless) to facilitate grape functional genomics

X Wang, M Tu, Y Wang, Y Zhang, W Yin… - Horticulture …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Grapes are globally recognized as economically significant fruit trees. Among grape
varieties, Thompson Seedless holds paramount influence for fresh consumption and for …

[HTML][HTML] High-throughput sequencing of multiple amplicons for barcoding and integrative taxonomy

P Cruaud, JY Rasplus, LJ Rodriguez, A Cruaud - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Until now, the potential of NGS for the construction of barcode libraries or integrative
taxonomy has been seldom realised. Here, we amplified (two-step PCR) and simultaneously …