Olfactory Proteins in Timema Stick Insects [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Most animals use olfaction to obtain important information from the environment, including the presence of food or mates. Insects detect odorants through receptors that are expressed in the sensory neurons of the olfactory sensilla, which cover the ...
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Ecological niche dimensionality and the evolutionary diversification of stick insects. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2008 The degree of phenotypic divergence and reproductive isolation between taxon pairs can vary quantitatively, and often increases as evolutionary divergence proceeds through various stages, from polymorphism to population differentiation, ecotype and race ...
Nosil P, Sandoval CP.
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De novo transcriptome analysis for examination of the nutrition metabolic system related to the evolutionary process through which stick insects gain the ability of flight (Phasmatodea). [PDF]
BMC Res Notes, 2021 Objective Insects are the most evolutionarily successful groups of organisms, and this success is largely due to their flight ability. Interestingly, some stick insects have lost their flight ability despite having wings.
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Positive selection in glycolysis among Australasian stick insects. [PDF]
BMC Evol Biol, 2013 Background: The glycolytic pathway is central to cellular energy production. Selection on individual enzymes within glycolysis, particularly phosphoglucose isomerase (Pgi), has been associated with metabolic performance in numerous organisms ...
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Mitochondrial genomes of stick insects (Phasmatodea) and phylogenetic considerations. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2020 Phasmatodea represents an order of hemimetabolous insects. This group includes species with extreme forms of masquerade crypsis, whereby they imitate twigs, bark, lichen, moss, and leaves.
Song N, Li X, Na R.
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Parallel molecular routes to cold adaptation in eight genera of New Zealand stick insects. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2015 The acquisition of physiological strategies to tolerate novel thermal conditions allows organisms to exploit new environments. As a result, thermal tolerance is a key determinant of the global distribution of biodiversity, yet the constraints on its ...
Dennis AB +3 more
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The effect of age on the attachment ability of stick insects (Phasmatodea). [PDF]
Beilstein J NanotechnolMany insect species have found their way into ageing research as small and easy-to-keep model organisms. A major sign of ageing is the loss of locomotory functions due to neuronal disorders or tissue wear. Soft and pliable attachment pads on the tarsi of
Grote M, Gorb SN, Büscher TH.
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Sequence, characterization and pharmacological analyses of the adipokinetic hormone receptor in the stick insect, <i>Carausius morosus</i>. [PDF]
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)BackgroundAdipokinetic/hypertrehalosaemic hormone (AKH/HrTH), corazonin (Crz) and the AKH/Crz-related peptide (ACP) are neuropeptides considered homologous to the vertebrate gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH).
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Structure-Activity Studies on the Hypertrehalosemic Hormone II of the Stick Insect Carausius morosus (Phasmatodea): Carbohydrate-Mobilization and Cardio-Stimulatory Activities [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 The corpora cardiaca of the Indian stick insect, Carausius morosus, synthesize two decapeptide neuropeptides of the adipokinetic hormone (AKH) family, both of which can increase the trehalose levels in the hemolymph when the stick insect is ligated ...
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The Evolution of Tarsal Adhesive Microstructures in Stick and Leaf Insects (Phasmatodea) [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018 Insects have developed specialized structures on their feet for adhering to surfaces, with stick and leaf insects or Phasmatodea exhibiting an unexpectedly high diversity of these structures. In Phasmatodea, attachment on different substrates is achieved
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