期刊: JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 2022; 138 ()
ABS T R A C T There is growing appreciation for how social interactions influence animal foraging behavior, especially with respect to key nutrients. ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 2022; 136 ()
Many insects have complex life cycles where a drastic ontogenetic change happens between the larval stages and the adult stage, i.e. metamorphosis. Da......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 2022; 136 ()
Many hematophagous insects acquire medical and veterinary relevance because they transmit disease causing pathogens to humans. Hematophagy is only ful......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 2022; 143 ()
Insect nephrocytes are ultrafiltration cells that remove circulating proteins and exogenous toxins from the haemolymph. Experimental disruption of nep......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 2022; 138 ()
Locusts have been known as pests of agricultural crops for thousands of years. Recently (2018-2021) the world has faced the largest swarms of desert l......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 2022; 138 ()
Bacterial gut symbionts of insect herbivores can impact their host through different mechanisms. However, in most lepidopteran systems we lack experim......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 2022; 142 ()
Solar ultraviolet radiation (UV) can cause DNA damage in microorganisms. Flap endonuclease 1 (FEN1) is a structure-specific nuclease and plays importa......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 2022; 136 ()
The desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria, shows a density-dependent reproductive trade-off by laying fewer but larger eggs in crowded conditions (greg......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 2022; 139 ()
There are various reports on embryogenesis in silkworm, Bombyx mori, a model organism for lepidopteran insects. New tissue observation methods have be......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 2022; 140 ()
As the downstream effector of the target of rapamycin complex 1 (TORC1) signaling pathway, the ribosomal protein S6 kinase (S6K) is an important regul......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 2022; 137 ()
Insects must undergo ecdysis for successful development and growth, in which crustacean cardioactive peptide (CCAP) is a master hormone. However, the ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 2022; 139 ()
Dorsal unpaired median (DUM) neurons, are a class of insect neurosecretory cells, which are involved in the control of several functions, such as excr......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 2022; 139 ()
Bursicon is a heterodimeric neuropeptide composed of Burs-alpha and Burs-beta subunits that plays an important role in cuticle tanning and wing expans......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 2022; 140 ()
Cold acclimation may enhance low temperature flight ability, and salt loading can alter an insects' cold tolerance by affecting their ability to maint......
期刊: JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 2022; 136 ()
The Irre Cell Recognition Module (IRM) is an evolutionarily conserved group of transmembrane glycoproteins required for cell-cell recognition and adhe......