Livestock is an essential life commodity in modern agriculture involving breeding and
maintenance. The farming practices have evolved mainly over the last century for …

The two essential insect hormones, ecdysteroids and juvenile hormones, are possessed not
only by insects, but also widely by arthropods, and regulate various developmental and …

The development of the type II clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
(CRISPR) system has resulted in the revolution of genetic engineering, and this technology …

A decapod crustacean model is needed for understanding the molecular mechanisms
underlying physiological processes, such as reproduction, sex determination, molting and …

Background RNA interference (RNAi) is an important molecular tool for analysis of gene
function in vivo. Daphnia, a freshwater microcrustacean, is an emerging model organism for …

The microcrustacean Daphnia pulex is an important model for environmental, ecological,
evolutionary and developmental genomics because its adaptive life history displays …

The freshwater crustacean genus Daphnia has been used extensively in ecological,
developmental and ecotoxicological studies. Daphnids produce only female offspring by …

Cladocera are small freshwater crustaceans that have attracted considerable attention in
recent years. They are commonly used for studying senescence. In this study, we used LC …

The ability to appropriately respond to proteotoxic stimuli is a major determinant of longevity
and involves induction of various heat shock response (HSR) genes, which are essential to …

Transcription activator-like effector (TALE) nuclease (TALEN) is the second-generation
genome editing tool consisting of TALE protein containing customizable DNA-binding …