MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short, regulatory RNAs that act as post-transcriptional repressors
of gene expression in diverse biological contexts. The emergence of small RNA-mediated …

Aristotle made important contributions to the study of developmental biology, including the
complete metamorphosis of insects. One concept in particular, that of the perfect or complete …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous small noncoding RNAs (18–25 nt) that are involved
in many physiological processes including development, cancer, immunity, apoptosis and …

Molecular mechanisms underlying wing evolution and development have been a point of
scientific inquiry for decades. Phloem-feeding aphids are one of the most devastating global …

Metarhizium anisopliae, a ubiquitous pathogenic fungus, regulates a wide array of the insect
pest population. The fungus has been employed to control Plutella xylostella, an insecticide …

The success of neopteran insects, with 1 million species described, is associated with
developmental innovations such as holometaboly and the evolution from short to long …

PIWI‐interacting RNAs (piRNAs) were discovered in the early 2000s and became known for
their role in protecting the germline genome against mobile genetic elements. Successively …

Parhyale hawaiensis has emerged as the crustacean model of choice due to its tractability,
ease of imaging, sequenced genome, and development of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing …

Sogatella furcifera is one of the most serious insect pests that affect rice in Asia. One class of
small RNAs (sRNAs;~ 22 nt long) is miRNAs, which participate in various biological …

The transition between morphologically distinct phenotypes during complete metamorphosis
in holometabolous insects is accompanied by fundamental transcriptional reprogramming …