Abstracts Lipid metabolism is crucial for the survival and propagation of the species, since
lipids are an essential cellular component across animal taxa for maintaining homeostasis in …

Arthropods have long been utilized as models to explore molecular function, and the
findings derived from them can be applied throughout metazoa, including as a basis for …

Hyalella azteca is a cryptic species complex of epibenthic amphipods of interest to
ecotoxicology and evolutionary biology. It is the primary crustacean used in North America …

Background Vision is a crucial sense for the evolutionary success of many animal groups.
Here we explore the diversity of visual pigments (opsins) in the transcriptomes of amphipods …

Negative effects of environmental antibiotics on non-target organisms were observed in
studies at various levels of the biological organization. Yet, studies combining the effects at …

Tardigrades are a key group for understanding the evolution of the Ecdysozoa, a large clade
of molting animals that also includes arthropods and nematodes. However, little is known …

The southern rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii, is a member of the Achelata native to New
Zealand and southern Australia that in addition to being the subject of an extensive wild …

Members of the decapod infraorder Achelata, specifically species from the genus Panulirus,
have storied histories as models for investigating the basic principles governing the …

Legacy and current-use contaminants enter into and accumulate throughout the San
Francisco Bay− Delta (Bay− Delta), and are present at concentrations with known effects on …

Luqin is a neuropeptide that was discovered and named on account of its expression in left
upper quadrant cells of the abdominal ganglion in the mollusc Aplysia californica …