期刊: INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2023; 32 (1)
CRISPR-Cas9 has become one of the most prominent gene editing tools available and it has been utilized in various organisms from bacteria to fungi, pl......
期刊: INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2023; 32 (2)
The micro-evolutionary forces that shape genetic diversity during domestication have been assessed in many plant and animal systems. However, the impa......
期刊: INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2023; 32 (4)
Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (CLso) is a complex of gram negative plant pathogenic and fastidious bacterial haplotypes restricted to the phloe......
期刊: INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2023; 32 (2)
Termites (Insecta, Blattodea, Termitoidae) are a widespread and diverse group of eusocial insects known for their ability to digest wood matter. Herei......
期刊: INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2023; 32 (4)
The control of insect moulting and metamorphosis involves ecdysteroids that orchestrate the execution of developmental genetic programs by binding to ......
期刊: INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2023; 32 (5)
Chorion-i.e., the eggshell-is formed during the late stage of oogenesis by follicular epithelium in the ovary. Although the endocrine signal(s) drivin......
期刊: INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2023; 32 (6)
Animal growth is controlled by a variety of external and internal factors during development. The steroid hormone ecdysone plays a critical role in in......
期刊: INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2023; 32 (5)
With more than 36,000 species, the longhorned beetles (family Cerambycidae) are a mega-diverse lineage of mostly xylophagous insects, all of which are......
期刊: INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2023; 32 (6)
The transcription factor Ftz-f1 has multiple functions in insect development in a spatial-temporal line. One of these roles is in the insect ovaries, ......
期刊: INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2023; 32 (4)
Termites have an elaborate social system that involves cooperation and division of labour among colony members. Although this social system is regulat......
期刊: INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2023; 32 (5)
The N-6-methyladenosine (m(6)A) machinery functions through three groups of proteins in eukaryotic cells, including m(6)A writers, erasers and readers......
期刊: INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2023; 32 (2)
In Southeast Asia, Conopomorpha cramerella (Snellen) which is commonly known as the cocoa pod borer (CPB) moth has been identified as the most detrime......
期刊: INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2023; 32 (4)
Mitochondrial gene order has contributed to the elucidation of evolutionary relationships in several animal groups. It generally has found its applica......
期刊: INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2023; 32 (4)
Similar to other insects, honey bees have two acetylcholinesterases (AChEs), AmAChE1 and AmAChE2. The primary catalytic enzyme for acetylcholine (ACh)......
期刊: INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2023; 32 (6)
Monitoring insect genetic diversity and population structure has never been more important to manage the biodiversity crisis. Citizen science has beco......