Intestinal probiotics restore the ecological fitness decline of Bactrocera dorsalis by irradiation

Z Cai, Z Yao, Y Li, Z **, K Bourtzis, Z Zhao… - Evolutionary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The sterile insect technique (SIT) as an eco‐friendly and reliable strategy has been used to
control populations of insect pests of agricultural, veterinary and human health importance …

Sexual selection, sexual size dimorphism and Rensch's rule in Odonata

MA Serrano‐Meneses… - Journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) exhibit a range of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) that
includes species with male‐biased (males> females) or female‐biased SSD (males< …

A novel, in-solution separation of endogenous cardiac sarcomeric proteins and identification of distinct charged variants of regulatory light chain

SB Scruggs, R Reisdorph, ML Armstrong… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2010 - ASBMB
The molecular conformation of the cardiac myosin motor is modulated by intermolecular
interactions among the heavy chain, the light chains, myosin binding protein-C, and titin and …

Cascading effects of host plant inbreeding on the larval growth, muscle molecular composition, and flight capacity of an adult herbivorous insect

SL Portman, RR Kariyat, MA Johnston… - Functional …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A primary function of adult winged insects is dispersal. Limiting larval dietary intake (partial
starvation) has been shown to affect the flight muscle metabolism of adult moths reared on …

Host plant defense produces species-specific alterations to flight muscle protein structure and flight-related fitness traits of two armyworms

SL Portman, GW Felton, RR Kariyat… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
Insects manifest phenotypic plasticity in their development and behavior in response to plant
defenses, via molecular mechanisms that produce tissue-specific changes. Phenotypic …

Fluctuating starvation conditions modify host-symbiont relationship between a leaf beetle and its newly identified gregarine species

M Wolz, S Rueckert, C Müller - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Gregarines are ubiquitous endosymbionts in invertebrates, including terrestrial insects.
However, the biodiversity of gregarines is probably vastly underestimated and the …

[PDF][PDF] Transcriptomic insights into Odonata ecology and evolution

SM Bybee, R Futahashi, JP Renoult… - … for Ecological and …, 2022 - marenwellenreuther.com
Chapter 3 attempts to define transcriptomics, a powerful tool for scientific research that has
advanced our knowledge of Odonata evolution in many meaningful ways. It then goes on to …

[PDF][PDF] Odonata immunity, pathogens, and parasites

AZ Hasik, JJ Ilvonen… - Dragonflies and …, 2023 - adamhasik.wordpress.com
Parasites and pathogens are a ubiquitous threat facing organisms within every ecological
network. To protect themselves from parasites, organisms have evolved immune defenses …

Does dietary restriction reduce life span in male fruit-feeding butterflies?

F Molleman, J Ding, CL Boggs, JR Carey… - Experimental …, 2009 - Elsevier
Male life history and resource allocation is not frequently studied in aging and life span
research. Here, we verify that males of long-lived fruit-feeding butterfly species have …

Morphological and molecular characterizations of the Gregarina sp.(Apicomplexa: Protozoa) parasitizing on Phaedon brassicae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

JI Kim, JS Min, M Kwon, JY Choi, SH Lee - Journal of Asia-Pacific …, 2014 - Elsevier
A gregarine parasite (Eugregarinida: Gregarinidae) was observed in the population of
daikon leaf beetle, Phaedon brassicae Baly,(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Korea …