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The genome of the model beetle and pest Tribolium castaneum
Tribolium castaneum is a member of the most species-rich eukaryotic order, a powerful model organism for the study of generalized insect development, and an important pest of stored agricultural…
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Caenorhabditis elegans Levamisole Resistance Geneslev-1, unc-29, and unc-38 Encode Functional Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subunits
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The mutant phenotypes reveal that unc-38 and unc-29subunits are necessary for nAChR function, whereas thelev-1 subunit is not, and provides an advantageous system in which receptor expression and synaptic targeting can be manipulated and studied in vivo.
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Functional and Evolutionary Insights from the Genomes of Three Parasitoid Nasonia Species
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Key findings include the identification of a functional DNA methylation tool kit; hymenopteran-specific genes including diverse venoms; lateral gene transfers among Pox viruses, Wolbachia, and Nasonia; and the rapid evolution of genes involved in nuclear-mitochondrial interactions that are implicated in speciation.
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Neonicotinoids: insecticides acting on insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.
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Neuromuscular defects in a Drosophila survival motor neuron gene mutant.
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A new Drosophila model for SMA is proposed, finding that zygotic smn mutant animals show abnormal motor behavior and that smn gene activity is required in both neurons and muscle to alleviate this phenotype, and proposes a functional role for SMN at the neuromUScular junction in the generation of neuromuscular defects.
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Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera
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The genome sequence of the honeybee Apis mellifera is reported, suggesting a novel African origin for the species A. melliferA and insights into whether Africanized bees spread throughout the New World via hybridization or displacement.
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Insect GABA Receptors: Splicing, Editing, and Targeting by Antiparasitics and Insecticides
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Interest in RDL as a model ligandgated anion channel has been enhanced by the recent discovery of pre-mRNA A-to-I editing, which, together with alternative splicing, adds to the functional diversity of this GABA receptor subunit.
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Genome Sequence of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum
The genome of the pea aphid shows remarkable levels of gene duplication and equally remarkable gene absences that shed light on aspects of aphid biology, most especially its symbiosis with Buchnera.
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Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease
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Insights from genome analyses into parasitic processes unique to ticks, including host ‘questing', prolonged feeding, cuticle synthesis, blood meal concentration, novel methods of haemoglobin digestion, haem detoxification, vitellogenesis and prolonged off-host survival are reported.
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Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Signalling: Roles in Alzheimer's Disease and Amyloid Neuroprotection
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It is proposed that understanding the differential activation of several intracellular signaling pathways by nicotine and/or Aβ1–42 may offer the prospect of new routes to therapy for AD.
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