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Patterns of Gene Family Evolution and Selection Across Daphnia

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 5, May 2025.
This study examines gene family dynamics within Daphnia species, using comparative genomics to explore adaptive expansion in gene families, particularly those related to stress response. Findings reveal general trends in gene turnover and selection, although most changes are species‐specific, highlighting complex evolutionary patterns.
Connor S. Murray, Alan O. Bergland
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Carrion‐breeding flies of Australia and New Zealand: A review and key to adults

Austral Entomology, Volume 64, Issue 2, May 2025.
Abstract Carrion‐breeding flies are diverse with over 70 species in the Australasian/Oceanian region, predominantly from the families Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae. These flies play crucial roles in ecosystems as primary decomposers, pollinators and food sources for a variety of predators and parasites.
Nikolas P. Johnston, Nathan J. Butterworth, Kelly A. Meiklejohn, Andrzej Grzywacz, Thomas Pape, Krzysztof Szpila, James F. Wallman   +6 more
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DNA from museum samples of a parasitoid wasp genus (Braconidae: Syntretus) offers novel insights into host‐parasitoid interactions

Insect Conservation and Diversity, Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 319-329, May 2025.
Our investigation applied genome skimming to museum specimens of Syntretus, a parasitoid wasp, due to its suspected parasitism of short‐haired bumblebee (Bombus subterraneus) queens during a reintroduction programme. We detected two clades within Syntretus, a possible consequence of host choice.
Arran J. Folly, Hannah‐Rose Porter, Jim A. M. Galloway, Stefan Schmidt, Mark R. Shaw, Gavin R. Broad, Nikki Gammans, Mark J. F. Brown, Ian Barnes, Selina Brace   +9 more
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Phylogenomic Analysis Reveals Evolutionary Relationships of Tropical Drosophilidae: From Drosophila to Scaptodrosophila

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 3, March 2025.
The study expands genomic resources for Drosophila and Scaptodrosophila species by using mitochondrial genomes. Phylogenetic analyses revealed well‐supported evolutionary relationships, with Scaptodrosophila forming a distinct lineage and several Drosophila subgroups exhibiting monophyly, though discrepancies were found in the placement of the suzukii ...
Matsapume Detcharoen, Pairot Pramual, Areeruk Nilsai   +2 more
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Risk and protective factors for ASF in domestic pigs and wild boar in the EU, and mitigation measures for managing the disease in wild boar

EFSA Journal, Volume 22, Issue 12, December 2024.
Abstract Five epidemiological aspects of ASF were evaluated using literature reviews, field studies, questionnaires and mathematical models. First, a literature review and a case–control study in commercial pig farms emphasised the importance of biosecurity and farming practices, including the spread of manure around farms and the use of bedding ...
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Anette Ella Boklund, Karl Ståhl, Miguel Ángel Miranda Chueca, Tomasz Podgórski, Timothée Vergne, José Cortiñas Abrahantes, Eleonora Cattaneo, Sofie Dhollander, Alexandra Papanikolaou, Stefania Tampach, Lina Mur   +11 more
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Phenotypic divergence of Glossina morsitans (Diptera: Glossinidae) populations in Zambia: Application of landmark‐based wing geometric morphometrics to discriminate population‐level variation

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 10, October 2024.
Land‐mark based geomorphometric wing analysis of Glossina morsitans populations in Zambia shows that this tsetse exhibit significant population‐level variation in fly size and wing shape suggesting high levels of population structuring. The main drivers of this structuring could be random genetic drift and local adaptation to environmental conditions ...
Jackson Muyobela, Christian W. W. Pirk, Abdullahi A. Yusuf, Catherine L. Sole   +3 more
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Revisiting the ecology and evolution of burying beetle behavior (Staphylinidae: Silphinae)

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 8, August 2024.
Burying beetles of the genus Nicrophorus are becoming a model system for the evolution of parental care. Investigating fundamental processes in biology requires the ability to ground broad questions in species‐specific natural history. Here, we leverage a developing community of researchers who have contributed to a detailed knowledge of burying ...
Ahva L. Potticary, Mark C. Belk, J. Curtis Creighton, Minobu Ito, Rebecca Kilner, Jan Komdeur, Nick J. Royle, Dustin R. Rubenstein, Matthew Schrader, Sheng‐Feng Shen, Derek S. Sikes, Per T. Smiseth, Rosemary Smith, Sandra Steiger, Stephen T. Trumbo, Allen J. Moore   +15 more
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First record of Atherigona orientalis Schiner, 1868 (Diptera: Muscidae) in France

EPPO Bulletin, Volume 54, Issue 2, Page 230-235, August 2024.
Abstract The first record of the pepper fruit fly, Atherigona orientalis Schiner, 1868, in mainland France is reported in this paper. Larvae were found in 2022 in fruits of Capsicum annuum and adults were reared in 2023 from Passiflora caerulea fruits in two localities of southern France.
R. Mouttet, A. Taddei
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Linked Selection and Gene Density Shape Genome‐Wide Patterns of Diversification in Peatmosses

Evolutionary Applications, Volume 17, Issue 8, August 2024.
ABSTRACT Genome evolution under speciation is poorly understood in nonmodel and nonvascular plants, such as bryophytes—the largest group of nonvascular land plants. Their genomes are structurally different from angiosperms and likely subjected to stronger linked selection pressure, which may have profound consequences on genome evolution in ...
Olena Meleshko, Michael D. Martin, Kjell Ivar Flatberg, Hans K. Stenøien, Thorfinn Sand Korneliussen, Péter Szövényi, Kristian Hassel   +6 more
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Evolution of sex‐biased genes in Drosophila species with neo‐sex chromosomes: Potential contribution to reducing the sexual conflict

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 7, July 2024.
In theory, having sex chromosomes is advantageous to reduce sexual conflict. Our analyses revealed that many genes have acquired the sex‐biased expression on the neo‐sex chromosomes particularly at the larval stage. Our study indicates that cryptic sexual conflict at the preadult stages cannot be ignored, and some of these conflicts may have been ...
Anika Minovic, Masafumi Nozawa
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