A review on complete silk gene sequencing and de novo assembly of artificial silk

W Lu, R Shi, X Li, S Ma, D Yang, D Shang… - International Journal of …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Silk, especially spider and insect silk, is a highly versatile biomaterial with potential
applications in biomedicine, materials science, and biomimetic engineering. The primary …

Phylogenomics recovers multiple origins of portable case making in caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera), nature's underwater architects

PB Frandsen, RW Holzenthal… - … of the Royal …, 2024‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Caddisflies (Trichoptera) are among the most diverse groups of freshwater animals with
more than 16 000 described species. They play a fundamental role in freshwater ecology …

Allelic resolution of insect and spider silk genes reveals hidden genetic diversity

PB Frandsen, S Hotaling, A Powell… - Proceedings of the …, 2023‏ - pnas.org
Arthropod silk is vital to the evolutionary success of hundreds of thousands of species. The
primary proteins in silks are often encoded by long, repetitive gene sequences. Until …

Unraveling the genetics of underwater caddisfly silk

S Standring, J Heckenhauer, RJ Stewart, PB Frandsen - Trends in Genetics, 2025‏ - cell.com
Hundreds of thousands of arthropod species use silk to capture prey, build protective
structures, or anchor eggs. While most silk-producers are terrestrial, caddisflies construct …

Highly accurate long reads are crucial for realizing the potential of biodiversity genomics

S Hotaling, ER Wilcox, J Heckenhauer, RJ Stewart… - BMC genomics, 2023‏ - Springer
Background Generating the most contiguous, accurate genome assemblies given available
sequencing technologies is a long-standing challenge in genome science. With the rise of …

Genomic resources of aquatic Lepidoptera, Elophila obliteralis and Hyposmocoma kahamanoa, reveal similarities with Trichoptera in amino acid composition of …

J Heckenhauer, D Plotkin, JI Martinez… - G3: Genes …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
While most species of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) have entirely terrestrial life
histories,∼ 0.5% of the described species are known to have an aquatic larval stage. Larvae …

Harvesting Silk Fibers from Plodia interpunctella: Role of Environmental Rearing Conditions in Fiber Production and Properties

BD Shirk, I Torres Pereira Meriade Duarte… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Silk fibers are produced by a wide variety of insects. The silkworm Bombyx mori (Bombyx)
was domesticated because the physical properties of its silk fibers were amenable to the …

Characterization of the primary structure of the major silk gene, h-fibroin, across caddisfly (Trichoptera) suborders

J Heckenhauer, RJ Stewart, B Ríos-Touma, A Powell… - Iscience, 2023‏ - cell.com
Larvae of caddisflies (Trichoptera) produce silk to build various underwater structures
allowing them to exploit a wide range of aquatic environments. The silk adheres to various …

Chromosome segregation during spermatogenesis occurs through a unique center-kinetic mechanism in holocentric moth species

C Hockens, H Lorenzi, TT Wang, EP Lei… - PLoS …, 2024‏ - journals.plos.org
Precise regulation of chromosome dynamics in the germline is essential for reproductive
success across species. Yet, the mechanisms underlying meiotic chromosomal events such …

Efficient hyperactive piggyBac transgenesis in Plodia pantry moths

C Heryanto, A Mazo-Vargas, A Martin - Frontiers in genome editing, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
While piggyBac transposon-based transgenesis is widely used in various emerging model
organisms, its relatively low transposition rate in butterflies and moths has hindered its use …