Since the transition from water to land, maintaining water balance has been a key challenge
for terrestrial arthropods. We explore factors that allow terrestrial arthropods to survive within …

Highlights•160 insect genomes screened for esterase, GST and cytochrome P450
genes.•Omnivores and herbivores eating chemically complex tissues have many of these …

Many Drosophila species differ widely in their distributions and climate niches, making them
excellent subjects for evolutionary genomic studies. Here, we have developed a database of …

Maintaining water balance is a universal challenge for organisms living in terrestrial
environments, especially for insects, which have essential roles in our ecosystem. Although …

Sleep is broadly conserved across the animal kingdom but can vary widely between
species. It is currently unclear which selective pressures and regulatory mechanisms …

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

Metallothioneins (MTs) are a family of cysteine-rich metal-binding proteins that are important
in the chelating and detoxification of toxic heavy metals. Until now, the short length and the …

Many distantly related organisms have convergently evolved traits and lifestyles that enable
them to live in similar ecological environments. However, the extent of phenotypic …

ABSTRACT A (quite) large set of experiments has been undertaken to assess the potential
for evolutionary changes in invertebrates under current and future climate change …

This review focuses on the molecular signatures of protein structures in relation to evolution
and survival in global warming. It is based on the premise that the power of evolutionary …