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Loss, persistence and reversal of phenotypic traits

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The irreversibility of complex trait loss has long been a tenet of evolutionary biology. However, this idea is increasingly at odds with the numerous documented exceptions across the Tree of Life. We synthesise this growing body of evidence across a diverse array of taxa and traits, exploring the evolutionary conditions that enable ...
Giobbe Forni, Giuseppe Fusco, Filippo Nicolini, Heather Bruce, Andrea Luchetti   +4 more
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Target‐site mutations and phenotypic failure in Myzus persicae against pyrethroids and carbamates in central Europe

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Molecular screening of 140 field‐collected Myzus persicae aphids revealed target‐site mutations L1014F, M918L, M918T, and L932F in the sodium channel and S431F in Ace2. The M918L mutation was the primary driver of high pyrethroid (cypermethrin) resistance, while S431F served as a definitive marker for carbamate (pirimicarb) resistance.
Jitka Stara, Jan Hubert, Pavla Pabiskova, Frantisek Kocourek   +3 more
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Nanomaterials' Multigenerational Effects by Single and Joint Exposure in Non‐mammalian Models

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nanotoxicology has mainly focused on single‐generation studies, leaving multigenerational toxicity underexplored. Having animal welfare recently gained importance, we aimed to provide the state‐of‐the‐art of knowledge about multigenerational effects in non‐mammalian models in the case of nanomaterials (NM) single and joint exposure to other ...
Andy Joel Taipe Huisa, Analía Ale, Azael Francisco Silva Neto, Lorena De Mendonça Lucena, Marcelo Estrella Josende, Milena Ferreira de Lima, Rhayanny Kethylly Pereira Santos, Martín Federico Desimone, Priscila Gubert, José María Monserrat   +9 more
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Hotter, faster, sicker? Warming shifts the cost of infection from individuals to populations

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study examines how temperature alters disease impacts across biological scales in a host–pathogen system. We found infected hosts appear healthiest at warm temperatures, yet populations suffer most. This suggests climate warming may intensify disease impacts for populations in ways traditional individual‐level virulence metrics fail to predict ...
Nathan J. Butterworth, Kerri J. Moore, Matthew D. Hall   +2 more
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Russian wheat aphid: a model for genomic plasticity and a challenge to breeders

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Invasive foundress finds suitable habitat and reproduces through pathogenesis. Wingless females produce life offspring quickly, which leads to high population densities. High population densities result in competition, which may induce epigenetic changes and wing development for dispersal.
Astrid Jankielsohn, Vicky L. Tolmay, Marlon‐Schylor Luke le Roux, Lintle Mohase, Mpho S. Mafa, Vittorio F. Nicolis, Eduard Venter, Nicolaas Francois Visser Burger, Anna‐Maria Botha   +8 more
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Exploring the potential of using male‐killing endosymbionts to induce female‐biased insect populations for enhanced biomass production

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Overview of the mindset and long‐term goals with the approach suggested in this study. We provide a first proof of concept that male‐killing endosymbionts can be used to establish female biased populations with higher production efficiency than populations with a 50/50 sex ratio. This biological tool can have marked positive impact on future commercial
Stine F. Laursen, Perran A. Ross, Nadieh de Jonge, Ary A. Hoffmann, Torsten N. Kristensen   +4 more
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Neurotrophin-4 promotes the specification of trophectoderm lineage after parthenogenetic activation and enhances porcine early embryonic development

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2023
Neurotrophin-4 (NT-4), a neurotrophic factor, appears to affect early embryonic development because it is secreted not only by neurons but also by oviductal and uterine epithelial cells. However, no studies have characterized the effects of NT-4 on early
Mirae Kim, Mirae Kim, Joohyeong Lee, Joohyeong Lee, Lian Cai, Lian Cai, Lian Cai, Hyerin Choi, Hyerin Choi, Dongjin Oh, Dongjin Oh, Ali Jawad, Ali Jawad, Sang-Hwan Hyun, Sang-Hwan Hyun, Sang-Hwan Hyun   +15 more
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Assessing the host plants of the invasive apricot aphid, Myzus mumecola (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
We investigated the host plants of the invasive apricot aphid Myzus mumecola (Hemiptera: Aphididae), an emerging pest species in Europe, by combining molecular and ecological approaches. The winter host plant was confirmed as apricot by both methods.
Marta Chignola, Urban Spitaler, Hannes Schuler   +2 more
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Evidence for positive population‐level responses but not individual performance of sycamore aphids under elevated CO2

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
The abundance and density of three common sycamore aphids increased under elevated CO2, although this was only statistically significant for Drepanosiphum platanoidis. The number of nymphs produced by individual D. platanoidis alates isolated in clip cages was not significantly affected, suggesting that population level response was not driven by ...
Liam M. Crowley, Carolina Mayoral, Abigail Enston, Jessica Money, Jon P. Sadler, Jeremy Pritchard, Rob A. MacKenzie, Scott A. L. Hayward   +7 more
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Compromised DNA replication in gut cells underlies sensitivity to genotoxic stress in the tardigrade Hypsibius exemplaris

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
DNA damage in the tardigrade Hypsibius exemplaris elicits distinct cellular outcomes depending on replication status. While non‐replicating cells tolerate genotoxic stress, constitutively replicating cells undergo irreversible replication failure upon DNA damage, leading to loss of tissue homeostasis, fat depletion, sterility, and organismal death ...
Gonzalo Quiroga‐Artigas, Pauline Fontanié, Benjamin Lacroix, Maria Dolores Molina, María Moriel‐Carretero   +4 more
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