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Nutritional sex-specificity on bacterial metabolites during mosquito (Aedes aegypti) development leads to adult sex-ratio distortion

Communications Biology
Mosquitoes rely on their microbiota for B vitamin synthesis. We previously found that Aedes aegypti third-instar larvae cleared of their microbiota were impaired in their development, notably due to a lack of folic acid (vitamin B9).
Ottavia Romoli, Javier Serrato-Salas, Chloé Gapp, Yanouk Epelboin, Pol Figueras Ivern, Frédéric Barras, Mathilde Gendrin   +6 more
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Insect Vectors of Plant Disease

, 2021
This is a database of Insect Vectors of Plant Disease worldwide. The database contains ~250 records of Auchenorrhyncha species (leafhoppers, planthoppers, treehoppers, froghoppers, spittlebugs) confirmed to be vectors of plant pathogens.
Turner, James A., Wilson, M. R.
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Ionic Gating of Liquid‐Crystal‐Like Pteridine Assemblies Enables Tunable Light Scattering

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Tunable optical properties emerge through developmentally regulated ionic gating, which transforms disordered, ultraviolet (UV)‐absorbing organelles into concentrically ordered, liquid‐crystal‐like light scatterers. By integrating analyses of pteridine composition, potassium‐dependent assembly, hierarchical ultrastructure, and optical behavior, the ...
Sourabh Bera, Zohar Eyal, Yael Noy, Yuval Barzilay, Siddharth Sahoo, Srikant Moharana, Avi Baram, Tali Lerer‐Goldshtein, Neta Varsano, Bar Bader, Lothar Houben, Uwe Heinig, Iddo Pinkas, Moshe Goldsmith, Tamar Unger, Shira Albeck, Andrea Sorrentino, Maxim Itkin, Sergey Malitsky, Ziv Porat, Ido Hadar, Venkata Jayasurya Yallapragada, Dvir Gur   +22 more
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mSphere of Influence: Expanding the CRISPR Sphere with Single-Locus Proteomics

mSphere, 2020
Lucy Glover’s research focuses on the role of DNA repair and recombination in antigenic variation in the parasite Trypanosoma brucei, the causative agent of both human and animal African trypanosomiasis. In this mSphere of Influence article, she reflects
Lucy Glover
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Multimodal Locomotion in Insect‐Inspired Microrobots: A Review of Strategies for Aerial, Surface, Aquatic, and Interfacial Motion

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review identifies key design considerations for insect‐inspired microrobots capable of multimodal locomotion. To draw inspiration, biological and robotic strategies for moving in air, on water surfaces, and underwater are examined, along with approaches for crossing the air–water interface.
Mija Jovchevska, Kaushik Jayaram, Nicole Xu   +2 more
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In the battle of survival: transcriptome analysis of hypopharyngeal gland of the Apis mellifera under temperature-stress

BMC Genomics
Background Temperature is one of the essential abiotic factors required for honey bee survival and pollination. Apart from its role as a major contributor to colony collapse disorder (CCD), it also affects honey bee physiology and behavior.
Abdulkadir Yusif Maigoro, Jeong Hyeon Lee, Yumi Yun, Sujin Lee, Hyung Wook Kwon   +4 more
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The neurobiology of gustation in insect disease vectors: progress and potential

, 2017
For insect vectors of human diseases, mealtimes are a key moment of infection. Understanding how and when such species decide on what to feed is both an interesting problem in sensory neurobiology and a source of information for intervention of these ...
Richard Benton, Benton, R., Benton R
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Late-acting dominant lethal genetic systems and mosquito control. [PDF]

, 2007
BACKGROUND: Reduction or elimination of vector populations will tend to reduce or eliminate transmission of vector-borne diseases. One potential method for environmentally-friendly, species-specific population control is the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT)
Epton Matthew J, Gavin Pape, Guoliang Fu, Phuc, HK, Coleman Paul G, Burton, RS, Fu, G, Pape, G, Kirsty C Condon, Paul G Coleman, Fu, Guoliang, Phuc Hoang, Donnelly, CA, Coleman, Paul G, Andreasen, Morten H, Burton Rosemary S, Fu Guoliang, Pape, Gavin, Donnelly Christl A, White-Cooper, Helen, Scaife Sarah, Donnelly, Christl A, Coleman, PG, White-Cooper, H, White-Cooper Helen, Scaife, Sarah, Vass, Céline, Condon, Kirsty C, Phuc, Hoang Kim, Alphey, Luke, Andreasen, MH, Sarah Scaife, Luke Alphey, Condon, KC, Condon Kirsty C, Céline Vass, Scaife, S, Alphey, L, Helen White-Cooper, Christl A Donnelly, Vass Céline, Alphey Luke, Vass, C, Rosemary S Burton, Pape Gavin, Hoang Phuc, Epton, MJ, Epton, Matthew J, Burton, Rosemary S, Andreasen Morten H, Morten H Andreasen, Matthew J Epton   +51 more
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Gait Analysis of Pak Biawak: A Necrobot Lizard Built using the Skeleton of an Asian Water Monitor (Varanus Salvator)

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Pak Biawak, a necrobot, embodies an unusual fusion of biology and robotics. Designed to repurpose natural structures after death, it challenges conventional boundaries between nature and engineering. Its movements are precise yet unsettling, raising questions about sustainability, ethics, and the untapped potential of biointegrated machines.
Leo Foulds, Donan Satria Yudha, Parvez Alam   +2 more
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Endogenous non-retroviral elements in genomes of Aedes mosquitoes and vector competence

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2019
Recent extensive (re)emergences of arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) such as chikungunya (CHIKV), zika (ZIKV) and dengue (DENV) viruses highlight the role of the epidemic vectors, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, in their spreading. Differences of
Vincent Houé, Mariangela Bonizzoni, Anna-Bella Failloux   +2 more
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