Pheromone communication is an essential component of reproductive isolation in animals.
As such, evolution of pheromone signaling can be linked to speciation. For example, the …

Sex pheromone receptors (PRs) are key players in chemical communication between mating
partners in insects. In the highly diversified insect order Lepidoptera, male PRs tuned to …

Defended species are often conspicuous and this is thought to be an honest signal of
defences, ie more toxic prey are more conspicuous. Neotropical butterflies of the large Ithomiini …

Drosophila phototransduction occurs in light-sensitive microvilli arranged in a longitudinal
structure of the photoreceptor, termed the rhabdomere. Rhodopsin (Rh), isomerized by light, …

Unraveling the origin of molecular pathways underlying the evolution of adaptive traits is
essential for understanding how new lineages emerge, including the relative contribution of …

Drosophila phototransduction occurs in light-sensitive microvilli arranged in a longitudinal
structure of the photoreceptor, termed the rhabdomere. Rhodopsin (Rh), isomerized by light, …

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In Mountainous South-East Asia, rapid agricultural intensification and the expansion of
rubber tree plantations in the past decades led to drastic biodiversity losses and intense soil …

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Lepidoptera—a group of insects in which wing transparency has arisen multiple times—exhibits
much variation in the size and position of transparent wing zones. However, little is …