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Transcriptomic identification of starfish neuropeptide precursors yields new insights into neuropeptide evolution [PDF]

, 2016
Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.This work was supported by a PhD ...
Breese GR, Cabrero P, Chaet AB, Chang MM, Christie AE, Dockray GJ, Elphick MR, Elphick MR, Fujisawa J, Harada A, Johnsen AH, Kanatani H, Lee KY, Liddle RA, Nahon JL, Phlippen MK, Sawyer WH, Veenstra JA, Wilkie IC   +18 more
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Insights on the nutritional ecology of a nocturnal pollinating insect

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Nutritional ecology examines the environmental effects on nutritional needs, food intake and foraging behaviors, and the use of nutrients ingested by animals. Among insects, Lepidoptera are often considered opportunistic foragers that visit a wide variety of available flowers, although with some preferences.
Evan Force, Caroline Suray, Charlotte Girardin, Michel B.C. Sokolowski, Matthieu Dacher   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Insulin-like and IGF-like peptides in the silkmoth Bombyx mori: discovery, structure, secretion, and function [PDF]

, 2013
A quarter of a century has passed since bombyxin, the first insulin-like peptide identified in insects, was discovered in the silkmoth Bombyx mori. During these years, bombyxin has been studied for its structure, genes, distribution, hemolymph titers ...
Akira Mizoguchi, Naoki Okamoto
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Calcitonin‐like diuretic hormone influences reproduction in adult female Rhodnius prolixus

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Highlights • CT/DH‐like immunoreactivity is present in female reproductive tissues • CT/DH receptor transcripts are expressed in the fat body and ovaries • RNAi knockdown of CT/DH receptors reduces egg number and hatching rate • Rhopr‐CT/DH increases RhoprVg1 and RhoprVgR expression in ovaries in vitro • Rhopr‐CT/DH stimulates oviduct contractions in a
Areej N. Al‐Dailami, Ian Orchard, Angela B. Lange   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

LsFAMeT and LsJHAMT coordinate JH biosynthesis to regulate fecundity in Laodelphax striatellus

Insect Science, EarlyView.
The small brown planthopper (SBPH), Laodelphax striatellus, can trigger large‐scale outbreaks when encountering suitable habitats during migration due to their strong reproductive ability. This study investigated the role of juvenile hormone (JH) in regulating SBPH reproduction.
Yan Guo, Bing‐Bing Shi, Xue‐Qi Zhang, Qiong Yang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Amphioxus SoxB Family: Implications for the Evolution of Vertebrate Placodes [PDF]

, 2007
Cranial placodes are regions of thickened ectoderm that give rise to sense organs and ganglia in the vertebrate head. Homologous structures are proposed to exist in urochordates, but have not been found in cephalochordates, suggesting the first chordates
Bronner-Fraser, Marianne, Meulemans, Daniel   +1 more
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Living Low and Dry: Costs of and Resilience to Soil Hydric Stress in a Fossorial Amphisbaenian Reptile

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Soil drought imposes moderate, temporary costs on a strictly fossorial amphisbaenian reptile. However, these animals seem to cope with, at least, moderately short droughts thanks to their peculiar adaptations to living in an underground environment. ABSTRACT The physiological traits of animals can be strongly influenced by climatic fluctuations, and ...
José Martín, Álvaro Navarro‐Castilla, Alejandro de la Concha, José Javier Cuervo, Isabel Barja, Pilar López   +5 more
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Host Phylogeny and Feeding Habit Jointly Govern Mammalian Gut Microbiota Composition

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Herbivores showed higher alpha diversity than carnivores/omnivores, while omnivores had the highest beta diversity. Host phylogeny influenced gut microbiota more strongly in herbivores/omnivores, with phylogenetic distance correlating to microbiota dissimilarity.
Chaoyuan Cheng, Hongjuan Zhai, Jiajia Feng, Zhibin Zhang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Host sexual dimorphism and parasite adaptation [PDF]

, 2012
In species with separate sexes, parasite prevalence and disease expression is often different between males and females. This effect has mainly been attributed to sex differences in host traits, such as immune response.
Duneau, D., Ebert, Dieter
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The Effects of Noise on the Juvenile Life Stage of Crustaceans: Behavioral, Cellular, and Molecular Responses in Procambarus clarkii

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Juvenile Procambarus clarkii exposed to noise exhibited behavioral changes, shifts in enzymatic activity, and altered expression of stress and immune genes. The findings highlight the sensitivity of invertebrate juveniles to anthropogenic acoustic pollution.
Maria Ceraulo, Giuseppa Buscaino, Clarissa De Vita, Aiti Vizzini, Mirella Vazzana, Elena Papale, Francesco Longo, Francesco Paolo Faraone, Manuela Mauro   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source