The article in Frontiers in Zoology reports isolation of genes expressed in enigmatic organs of insect embryos called pleuropodia. Our data bring a transcriptomic support for the eighty years-old hypothesis that the pleuropodia secrete enzymes that digest a part of the egg envelopes and thus enable the larva to get out of the egg.
Fig.: Sample two sheets from a book Hanč et al. (2019).: The Meleager's blue is rare in South Bohemia. It used to be more widespread in the past, currently the species occupies only two faunistic grid-squares. The book shows distribution of 144 Lepidoptera species recorded in South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Whereas the region is regarded as a romantic place with natural landscapes,...
The study in Ecography investigates the effects of elevation on tropical arboreal ant communities for the first time. It reveals a strong mid-elevation peak in ant species diversity in rainforest canopies, mediated by shifts in the interspecies competition and nesting preferences.
In order to develop an understanding of the role of adjuvants in a popular glyphosate-based herbicide – Roundup® Concentrate Plus (RCP), on non-target organisms, the effects of pure glyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl)-glycine], RCP and a non-ionic surfactant – polyethoxylated tallowamine (POEA) were studied in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.
The article in Ecology Letters show the phenology changes of European and American butterflies towards latitude.
Our Drosophila results help to understand the effects of innate immunity impairment on Huntington's disease progression.
The article in IBMB supports the hypothesis that lifespan in primitive eusocial insect species is regulated in a different way than it is in advanced eusocial insects.
The article in Science reports the discovery of the Y-linked gene MoY in Medfly, a long-sought primary trigger for male development.
An invited review in Phil Trans R Soc B considers endocrine evidence in support of homology between juvenile stages of insects with complete and incomplete metamorphosis.
The article in Frontiers in Physiology describes detail protocol for CRISPR-CAS9 gene editing in Pyrrhocoris apterus.
