Comprehensive survey of developmental genes in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum: frequent lineage‐specific duplications and losses of developmental genes

S Shigenobu, RD Bickel, JA Brisson… - Insect Molecular …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aphids exhibit unique attributes, such as polyphenisms and specialized cells to house
endosymbionts, that make them an interesting system for studies at the interface of ecology …

[HTML][HTML] Maternally localized germ plasm mRNAs and germ cell/stem cell formation in the cnidarian Clytia

L Leclère, M Jager, C Barreau, P Chang… - Developmental …, 2012 - Elsevier
The separation of the germ line from the soma is a classic concept in animal biology, and
depending on species is thought to involve fate determination either by maternally localized …

Germline progenitors and oocyte production in the honeybee queen ovary

G Cullen, JB Gilligan, JG Guhlin, PK Dearden - Genetics, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the reproduction of honeybee queens is crucial to support populations of this
economically important insect. Here we examine the structure of the honeybee ovary to …

[HTML][HTML] Germ cell specification requires zygotic mechanisms rather than germ plasm in a basally branching insect

B Ewen-Campen, S Donoughe, DN Clarke… - Current Biology, 2013 - cell.com
Background Primordial germ cell (PGC) specification is a universal process across animals,
but the molecular mechanisms specifying PGCs are remarkably diverse. In Drosophila …

[HTML][HTML] Canonical terminal patterning is an evolutionary novelty

EJ Duncan, MA Benton, PK Dearden - Developmental biology, 2013 - Elsevier
Patterning of the terminal regions of the Drosophila embryo is achieved by an exquisitely
regulated signal that passes between the follicle cells of the ovary, and the develo** …

Germline specification and axis determination in viviparous and oviparous pea aphids: conserved and divergent features

GW Lin, CY Chung, CE Cook, MD Lin, WC Lee… - … Genes and Evolution, 2022 - Springer
Aphids are hemimetabolous insects that undergo incomplete metamorphosis without
pupation. The annual life cycle of most aphids includes both an asexual (viviparous) and a …

Reproductive constraint in the social aphid Ceratovacuna japonica: sterility regulation in the soldier caste of a viviparous insect

C Chung, S Shigenobu - Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Differentiation of the non-reproductive caste is a unique feature of eusocial insects.
Apoptosis in oocytes plays a major role in constraining the reproductivity of the eusocial …

Evidence against a germ plasm in the milkweed bug Oncopeltus fasciatus, a hemimetabolous insect

B Ewen-Campen, TEM Jones, CG Extavour - Biology open, 2013 - journals.biologists.com
Primordial germ cell (PGC) formation in holometabolous insects like Drosophila
melanogaster relies on maternally synthesised germ cell determinants that are …

Hexapoda: comparative aspects of later embryogenesis and metamorphosis

EL Jockusch, FW Smith - … biology of invertebrates 5: Ecdysozoa III …, 2015 - Springer
Arthropods are the most species-rich phylum. Within arthropods, species diversity is
concentrated in the Hexapoda, which includes on the order of one million described …

[HTML][HTML] The pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) genome encodes two divergent early developmental programs

EJ Duncan, MP Leask, PK Dearden - Developmental biology, 2013 - Elsevier
The pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) can reproduce either sexually or asexually
(parthenogenetically), giving rise, in each case, to almost identical adults. These two modes …