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Wings on concealed corpse: the forensic importance of scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae)

Frontiers in Insect Science
Forensic entomology focuses on insects associated with decomposing remains to provide clues for forensic investigations. Among those insects, scuttle flies are uniquely capable of colonizing enclosed spaces and underground burial sites where other ...
Yali Guo, Yifei Luo, Yifei Luo, Yuting Ma, Afito Luciano, Jingjing Huang, Jingjing Huang, Ye Li, Ye Li, Shiwen Wang, Shiwen Wang, Yuequn Niu, Zhou Li, Jifeng Cai, Jifeng Cai, Jifeng Cai, Fanming Meng, Fanming Meng, Fanming Meng   +18 more
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Thermal Plasticity is Regulated by a Key MicroRNA During Range Expansion of an Invasive Fruit Fly

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Populations at the invasion front of Bactrocera dorsalis adapt through reduced phenotypic and gene expression plasticity, a phenomenon likely to be driven by genetic assimilation. We identify a key miRNA‐mediated regulatory axis, in which miR‐276b post‐transcriptionally represses thw, a conserved chitin‐binding gene critical to the cold‐tolerance ...
Yan Zhao, Juntao Hu, Juan Du, Shaokun Guo, Youming Hou, Zhihong Li   +5 more
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Polarised moonlight guides nocturnal bull ants home

eLife
For the first time in any animal, we show that nocturnal bull ants use the exceedingly dim polarisation pattern produced by the moon for overnight navigation. The sun or moon can provide directional information via their position; however, they can often
Cody A Freas, Ajay Narenda, Trevor Murray, Ken Cheng   +3 more
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MicroRNA‐375‐3p Targets Fatty Acid Synthase and Relish to Regulate Energy Allocation During Pupal Metamorphosis and Starvation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
During pupal metamorphosis and starvation, elevated 20‐hydroxyecdysone (20E) and suppressed insulin trigger Forkhead box O (FOXO) nuclear translocation, enhancing miR‐375‐3p expression. This downregulates fatty acid synthase (FASN) and Relish, promoting lipid breakdown for energy while prioritizing antioxidant responses over immune functions to support
Peng Chen, Meiqi Cheng, Jianhui Wang, Jing Tang, Xiaoqiao Huang, Yusi Li, Huiling Zhou, Ling Zhang, Yi Dong, Chengjun Li, Bin Li   +10 more
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Quantitative Proteomics and CRISPR/Cas9 Editing Reveal UPR‐Mediated Control of Immunoglobulin Homeostasis in Hybridomas

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
BCR sequencing and subclone analysis correlated immunoglobulin (Ig) chain loss in dysfunctional hybridomas with disrupted monoclonal antibody homeostasis. Proteomics‐guided CRISPR/Cas9 editing revealed that the unfolded protein response (UPR) regulates aberrant Ig synthesis.
Rubing Zou, Xinying Lu, Ying Liu, Peiyu Yang, Shuo Sun, Yihua Liu, Yinyuan Mo, Guonian Zhu, Jae Seong Lee, Yirong Guo   +9 more
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Detection of Bombyx mori as a Protein Source in Feedingstuffs by Real-Time PCR with a Single-Copy Gene Target

Agriculture
The silkworm, Bombyx mori, is reared on a large scale, mainly for silk production. The waste from this silk production, like pupae, is underused. As an edible insect, B. mori is a good source of protein in human food and animal feed.
Aline Marien, Benjamin Dubois, Abigaël Anselmo, Pascal Veys, Gilbert Berben, Cloé Kohl, Julien Maljean, Stéphanie Guillet, Jean-François Morin, Frédéric Debode   +9 more
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The Role of Ionic Liquids at the Biological Interfaces in Bioelectronics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Ionic liquids (ILs) are highlighted as key artificial ionic materials that bridge biological ion‐based signaling and electronic devices. By understanding their composition, structure, function relationships, and mechanisms, ILs can advance from high performance electrolyte to core materials enabling integrated, multifunctional bioelectronics for ...
Yeong‐sinn Ye, Young Jin Jo, Ji Yeon Oh, Ju Yeon Jeong, Lili Guo, Tae‐il Kim   +5 more
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Community structure of heritable viruses in a Drosophila-parasitoids complex

Peer Community Journal
The diversity and phenotypic impacts related to the presence of heritable bacteria in insects have been extensively studied in the last decades. On the contrary, heritable viruses have been overlooked for several reasons, including technical ones.
Varaldi, Julien, Lepetit, David, Burlet, Nelly, Faber, Camille, Baretje, Bérénice, Allemand, Roland   +5 more
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Sulfakinin Signaling Sense Circulating Fructose and Suppresses Food Consumption via Insulin‐Like Peptide in Bactrocera Dorsalis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study discovered a new pathway that tells fruit flies when to stop eating. It found that rising blood sugar (fructose) is detected by a sensor called GR43a. This triggers a chain reaction involving the satiety signal sulfakinin and its receptor, ultimately activating a final satiety signal, ILP5.
Hong‐Fei Li, Bao Dong, Zheng‐Lin Ren, Xue‐Guang Zhu, Quan Lei, Yoonseong Park, Jin‐Jun Wang, Hong‐Bo Jiang   +7 more
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Ionotropic Receptors as Potential Targets Against Insect-Transmitted Diseases

Biomolecules
Insects can remotely detect human temperature, odor, and other stimuli as part of their host-seeking strategy. Such detection involves specific biomolecules, whose inhibition could limit host spotting and decrease the spread of insect-transmitted ...
João Pessoa
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