In the sex determination cascade, the genes dsx (doublesex) in insects, mab-3 (male abnormal
3) in nematodes, and Dmrt1 (dsx/mab-3 related transcription factor-1) in vertebrates act …

Hundreds of insect genome sequences have been reported; however, most sequencing
projects have not determined the sex chromosomes, and no Y chromosomes from a …

The mechanism of sex determination remains poorly understood in hemimetabolous insects.
Here, in the brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens, a hemipteran rice pest, we …

Insects have a limited host range due to genomic adaptation. Thysanoptera, commonly
known as thrips, occupies distinct feeding habitats, but there is a lack of comparative genomic …

Non-retroviral endogenous viral elements (nrEVEs) are widely dispersed throughout the
genomes of eukaryotes. Although nrEVEs are known to be involved in host antiviral immunity, it …

In insects, sex chromosome differentiation often results in unequal gene dosages between
sexes. Dosage compensation mechanisms evolve to balance gene expression, but the …

Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura)(Díptera: Drosphilidae) is an important pest that causes
damage to fruits of over 60 plant species. Drosophila suzukii oviposits on ripe fruit, while D. …

A negative-strand symbiotic RNA virus, tentatively named Nilaparvata lugens Bunyavirus (NLBV),
was identified in the brown planthopper (BPH, Nilaparvata lugens). Phylogenetic …

One new species of subfamily Sericothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) is described and
illustrated: Hydatothrips longjingensis sp. n., and H. abdominalis (Kurosawa) is newly …

The brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens, is a serious migratory rice pest, which is
distributed in the broad area of the tropical and temperate Asian-Pacific region. However, we …