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 …

Genome assembly of a nocturnal butterfly (Macrosoma leucophasiata) reveals convergent adaptation of visual genes

RP Singh, YM Weng, Y Sondhi, D Plotkin… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Nearly all animals exhibit a preferred period of daily activity (diel-niche), strongly influenced
by the light environment. Vision is a sensory system that is strongly adapted to light, and …