Neuroethology utilizes a wide range of multidisciplinary approaches to decipher neural
correlates of natural behaviors associated with an animal's ecological niche. By placing …

In the wake of constant improvements in sequencing technologies, numerous insect
genomes have been sequenced. Currently, 1219 insect genome‐sequencing projects have …

Summary The stinging wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) are an extremely diverse lineage of
hymenopteran insects, encompassing over 70,000 described species and a diversity of life …

Abstract Ensembl Genomes (http://www. ensemblgenomes. org) is an integrating resource
for genome-scale data from non-vertebrate species, complementing the resources for …

Abstract PROSITE (http://prosite. expasy. org/) consists of documentation entries describing
protein domains, families and functional sites, as well as associated patterns and profiles to …

Background Second-generation sequencing technologies are precipitating major shifts with
regards to what kinds of genomes are being sequenced and how they are annotated. While …

This study investigates the evolutionary history of a hyperdiverse clade, the ant subfamily M
yrmicinae (H ymenoptera: F ormicidae), based on analyses of a data matrix comprising 251 …

Despite the enormous ecological and economic importance of coral reefs, the keystone
organisms in their establishment, the scleractinian corals, increasingly face a range of …

Although eusociality evolved independently within several orders of insects, research into
the molecular underpinnings of the transition towards social complexity has been confined …

We present the draft 273 Mb genome of the migratory monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
and a set of 16,866 protein-coding genes. Orthology properties suggest that the Lepidoptera …