The Drosophila genus is a unique group containing a wide range of species that occupy
diverse ecosystems. In addition to the most widely studied species, Drosophila …

Long reads obtained from third-generation sequencing platforms can help overcome the
long-standing challenge of the de novo assembly of sequences for the genomic analysis of …

Although the bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi (L.)(Homoptera: Aphididae), is an
important grain pest, has developed resistance against various insecticides, information on …

The Drosophila montium species group is a clade of 94 named species, closely related to
the model species D. melanogaster. The montium species group is distributed over a broad …

Mutations with conflicting fitness effects in males and females accumulate in sexual
populations, reducing their adaptive capacity. 1, 2 Although quantitative genetic studies …

Ants are an emerging model system for neuroepigenetics, as embryos with virtually identical
genomes develop into different adult castes that display diverse physiology, morphology …

Over the past decade, the spotted wing Drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, has invaded Europe
and America and has become a major agricultural pest in these areas, thereby prompting …

Large groups of species with well-defined phylogenies are excellent systems for testing
evolutionary hypotheses. In this paper, we describe the creation of a comparative genomic …

The increasing affordability of sequencing technologies offers many new and exciting
opportunities to address a diverse array of biological questions. This is evidenced in …

Background Anther development has been extensively studied at the transcriptional level,
but a systematic analysis of full-length transcripts on a genome-wide scale has not yet been …