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Seqüencien el genoma de tres vespes parasitàries [PDF]

, 2010
Un consorci internacional de científics, en el qual ha participat l'investigador de la UAB Deodoro Oliveira, ha seqüenciat el genoma de tres espècies de vespes parasitàries, del gènere Nasonia.
Oliveira, Deodoro
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Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) transcriptomic analysis and neuropeptidomics [PDF]

, 2018
Stinkbugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) are of major economic importance as pest of crops. Among the species composing the stinkbug complex, Nezara viridula is one of the most abundant in Brazil, Argentina and the Southern USA. However, this species has been
Catalano, María Inés, Esponda Behrens, Natalia Irene, Lavore, Andres Esteban, Ons, Sheila, Palacio, Victorio Gabriel, Pérez Gianmarco, Lucila Maité, Rivera Pomar, Rolando   +6 more
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Functional characterization of transcription factor motifs using cross-species comparison across large evolutionary distances.

PLoS Computational Biology, 2010
We address the problem of finding statistically significant associations between cis-regulatory motifs and functional gene sets, in order to understand the biological roles of transcription factors.
Jaebum Kim, Ryan Cunningham, Brian James, Stefan Wyder, Joshua D Gibson, Oliver Niehuis, Evgeny M Zdobnov, Hugh M Robertson, Gene E Robinson, John H Werren, Saurabh Sinha   +10 more
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Estimating (Non)Linear Selection on Reaction Norms: A General Framework for Labile Traits

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 10, October 2025.
It remains difficult to empirically estimate nonlinear selection on individual reaction norms, inhibiting robust tests of adaptive theory and accurate predictions of phenotypic evolution for labile traits. To address this challenge, we propose generalized multilevel models for estimating stabilizing, disruptive, and correlational selection on the ...
Jordan S. Martin, Yimen G. Araya‐Ajoy, Niels J. Dingemanse, Alastair J. Wilson, David F. Westneat   +4 more
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Infection dynamics of endosymbionts that manipulate arthropod reproduction

Biological Reviews, Volume 100, Issue 5, Page 1787-1812, October 2025.
ABSTRACT A large proportion of arthropod species are infected with endosymbionts, some of which selfishly alter host reproduction. The currently known forms of parasitic reproductive manipulations are male‐killing, feminization, cytoplasmic incompatibility, parthenogenesis induction and distortion of sex allocation.
Franziska A. Brenninger, Roman Zug, Hanna Kokko   +2 more
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Phylogenomics and analysis of shared genes suggest a single transition to mutualism in Wolbachia of nematodes [PDF]

, 2013
Wolbachia, endosymbiotic bacteria of the order Rickettsiales, are widespread in arthropods but also present in nematodes. In arthropods, A and B supergroup Wolbachia are generally associated with distortion of host reproduction.
Babayan, Simon A., Blaxter, Mark, Comandatore, Francesco, Cordaux, Richard, Darby, Alistair, Gray, Nick, Koutsovoulos, Georgios, Kumar, Sujai, Makepeace, Benjamin, Montagna, Matteo, Repton, Charlotte, Sassera, Davide, Thomas, Graham   +12 more
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The pace and shape of ant ageing

Biological Reviews, Volume 100, Issue 5, Page 2071-2083, October 2025.
ABSTRACT Ants have been proposed as good models to study ageing and the effects of extrinsic mortality because of their long lifespans and plasticity of ageing within species. We discuss how age‐dependent extrinsic mortality might influence queen lifespan, and how the effect of age‐independent extrinsic mortality needs further study, accounting for ...
Luisa M. Jaimes‐Nino, Jan Oettler
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Whole genome shotgun phylogenomics resolve the diving beetle tree of life

Systematic Entomology, Volume 50, Issue 4, Page 940-974, October 2025.
A new and strongly supported phylogeny of diving beetles (Dytiscidae) is presented using the largest genomic dataset to date. Laccophilinae and Coptotominae + Lancetinae are early diverging lineages excluded from a large monophyletic clade comprising the remaining eight subfamilies. We identify seven remaining problems in the backbone of the phylogeny,
Johannes Bergsten, Johan A. A. Nylander, Oscar E. Ospina, Alan R. Lemmon, Kelly B. Miller   +4 more
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First person – Shannon Taylor

Biology Open, 2019
First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Biology Open, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Shannon Taylor is first author on ‘The torso-like gene functions
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A potential role for epigenetic mechanisms enabling appropriate seasonal reproductive transitions of liver yolk‐precursor production

Journal of Avian Biology, Volume 2025, Issue 5, September 2025.
Animals breed at times of the year that ensure offspring production and growth during favorable periods. DNA methylation is one mechanism by which expression of genes necessary for reproduction may be regulated, enabling expression only at appropriate times. Much work on seasonal breeding in vertebrates has focused on the neuroendocrine system, however
Timothy J. Greives, Joseph Solomon, Stefanie Siller Wilks, Holland Galante, Katie B. Needham, Jeff Kittilson, Dustin R. Rubenstein   +6 more
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