Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Early Hemocyte Responses upon In Vivo Stimulation with LPS in the Stick Insect Bacillus rossius (Rossi, 1788) [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Despite a growing number of non-model insect species is being investigated in recent years, a greater understanding of their physiology is prevented by the lack of genomic resources.
Carlotta Bidoli +6 more
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Biosynthesis of Quinoline by a Stick Insect
Journal of Natural Products, 2021 The Peruvian stick insect Oreophoetes peruana is the only known animal source for unsubstituted quinoline in nature. When disturbed, these insects discharge a defensive secretion containing quinoline. Analysis of samples obtained from l-[2',4',5',6,'7'-2H5]tryptophan-fed stick insects demonstrated that the insects convert it to [5,6,7,8-2H4]quinoline ...
Athula B. Attygalle +3 more
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Reproductive Transitions and Sperm Utilisation in a Facultatively Parthenogenetic Stick Insect [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionFacultative parthenogenesis enables females to switch from asexual (parthenogenetic) to sexual reproduction after mating, but the process of fertilisation is poorly understood in such animals. In particular, it is not known whether switching reproductive
Jigmidmaa Boldbaatar +4 more
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BMC Genomics, 2017 Background Stick insects (Phasmatodea) have a high incidence of parthenogenesis and other alternative reproductive strategies, yet the genetic basis of reproduction is poorly understood.
Chen Wu +4 more
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Supermodels: stick insects or hourglasses? [PDF]
The Lancet, 1997 Supermodels have been criticised for being a bad role model for young women because of their unnatural thinness, and have even been linked to the increase in eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia. We compiled a biometric database of 300 fashion models, 300 glamour models, and 300 normal women (table).
Martin J. Tovée +4 more
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Dynamics of sex-biased gene expression during development in the stick insect Timema californicum [PDF]
bioRxiv, 2021 Sexually dimorphic phenotypes are thought to arise primarily from sex-biased gene expression during development. Major changes in developmental strategies, such as the shift from hemimetabolous to holometabolous development, are therefore expected to ...
Jelisaveta Djordjevic +4 more
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Functional Morphology of Leg Mechanosensory Organs in Early Postembryonic Development in the Stick Insect (Sipyloidea chlorotica) [PDF]
InsectsThe subgenual organ complex of stick insects has a unique neuroanatomical organisation with two elaborate chordotonal organs, the subgenual organ and the distal organ.
Johannes Strauß
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Phylogeographical evidence for historical long-distance dispersal in the flightless stick insect <i>Ramulus mikado</i>. [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2023 Exploring how organisms overcome geographical barriers to dispersal is a fundamental question in biology. Passive long-distance dispersal events, although infrequent and unpredictable, have a considerable impact on species range expansions.
Suetsugu K +7 more
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The physical properties of the stick insect pad secretion are independent of body size [PDF]
J R Soc Interface, 2022 Many insects use adhesive organs to climb. The ability to cling to surfaces is advantageous but is increasingly challenged as animals grow, due to the associated reduction in surface-to-volume ratio.
Kaimaki D +3 more
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Gripping performance in the stick insect Sungaya inexpectata in dependence on the pretarsal architecture. [PDF]
J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol, 2023 Insect attachment devices and capabilities have been subject to research efforts for decades, and even though during that time considerable progress has been made, numerous questions remain. Different types of attachment devices are known, alongside most
Winand J, Gorb SN, Büscher TH.
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