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Comparative gene annotation and orthology assignments across 301 species of Drosophilidae. [PDF]

PLoS Biology
High-quality genome annotations are essential if we are to address central questions in comparative genomics, such as the origin of new genes, the drivers of genome size variation, and the evolutionary forces shaping gene content and structure.
Pankaj Dhakad, Bernard Y Kim, Dmitri A Petrov, Darren J Obbard   +3 more
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Characterization of the immune induced antimicrobial peptide in Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila ananassae

European Journal of Entomology, 2021
Insects can recognize invading pathogens and initiate an immune response. Among them, Drosophila has emerged as an invertebrate model for investigating innate immune responses in which antimicrobial peptides play a crucial role.
Ramachandra Naik MEGHASHREE, Kakanahalli NAGARAJ   +1 more
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Laboratory evaluation of effects of powdered sulphur on the oviposition, fruit detection and behaviour of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) on strawberry

European Journal of Entomology, 2020
Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura, 1931) is an invasive pest from South-East Asia that can damage a wide range of soft-skinned fruit crops (especially berries) resulting in serious financial losses. At present, control of D.
Sergio PÉREZ-GUERRERO, José María MOLINA, Cristina MONTIEL, Alberto REDONDO-VILLA, Laura AVIVAR-LOZANO   +4 more
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Mycophagous Drosophilidae (Diptera) guild and their hosts in the Brazilian Amazon

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2019
The composition and potential hosts of mycophagous Drosophilidae from a section of the Brazilian Amazon forest in the Caxiuanã National forest were investigated. Sampling was performed in three different periods at long the wet season (January (beginning)
Rosângela Santa-Brígida, Felipe Wartchow, Priscila Sanjuan Medeiros, Marco Silva Gottschalk, Marlúcia Bonifácio Martins, Claudio José Barros de Carvalho   +5 more
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Evidence of Adaptive Evolution in Wolbachia-Regulated Gene DNMT2 and Its Role in the Dipteran Immune Response and Pathogen Blocking

Viruses, 2021
Eukaryotic nucleic acid methyltransferase (MTase) proteins are essential mediators of epigenetic and epitranscriptomic regulation. DNMT2 belongs to a large, conserved family of DNA MTases found in many organisms, including holometabolous insects such as ...
Tamanash Bhattacharya, Danny W. Rice, John M. Crawford, Richard W. Hardy, Irene L. G. Newton   +4 more
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Evaluation of pyriproxyfen, a juvenile hormone analog, on Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophilidae): Insecticidal activity, ecdysteroid contents and cuticle formation

European Journal of Entomology, 2015
The efficacy of pyriproxyfen, a juvenile hormone analog (JHA), was evaluated using third instar larvae of Drosophila melanogaster Meigen, 1830 (Diptera: Drosophilidae).
Fethi BENSEBAA, Samira KILANI-MORAKCHI, Nadia ARIBI, Noureddine SOLTANI   +3 more
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Live Drosophila melanogaster Larvae Deter Oviposition by Drosophila suzukii

Insects, 2022
The worldwide invasive insect pest, Drosophila suzukii Matsumura (spotted-wing Drosophila), lays eggs in soft and stone fruit before harvest. Hatched larvae cause fruit collapse and significant economic losses.
Trisna D. Tungadi, Bethan Shaw, Glen Powell, David R. Hall, Daniel P. Bray, Steven J. Harte, Dudley I. Farman, Herman Wijnen, Michelle T. Fountain   +8 more
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Sexual dimorphism in the Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophilidae) metabolome increases throughout development

European Journal of Entomology, 2017
The expression of sexually dimorphic phenotypes from a shared genome between males and females is a longstanding puzzle in evolutionary biology. Increasingly, research has made use of transcriptomic technology to examine the molecular basis of sexual ...
Fiona C. INGLEBY, Edward H. MORROW
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The courtship song of Drosophila santomea and a comparison to its sister species D. yakuba (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2007
We describe the male courtship song of the newly-discovered species Drosophila santomea, endemic to the island of Saõ Tomé and the sister species of the widely distributed D. yakuba, which also inhabits the island. The song of D.
Eric T. WATSON, Emma RODEWALD, Jerry A. COYNE   +2 more
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Fine structure of Drosophila larval salivary gland ducts as revealed by laser confocal microscopy and SEM

European Journal of Entomology, 2021
The functions of the larval salivary glands (SGs) of Drosophila are traditionally associated with the production of a massive secretion during puparium formation; it is exocytosed into a centrally located lumen and subsequently expectorated via ducts ...
Denisa BEŇOVÁ-LISZEKOVÁ, Milan BEŇO, Robert FARKAŠ   +2 more
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