The insulin receptor (IR) is a transmembrane protein that is activated by ligands in insulin
signaling pathways. The IR has been considered as a novel therapeutic target for clinical …

An enormous amount of work has been done on aging in Drosophila melanogaster, a
classical genetic and molecular model system, but also in numerous other insects. However …

The remarkable ecological success of social insects is often attributed to their advanced
division of labor, which is closely associated with temporal polyethism in which workers …

There have been many investigations on the negative effects of imidacloprid (IMD) on honey
bees. IMD is known to disrupt honey bee physiology and colony health at a relatively low …

Little is known about the molecular mechanisms that underlie the division of labor in
stingless bees. We investigated the expression of a set of candidate genes associated with …

The adipokinetic hormone (AKH) of insects is considered an equivalent of the mammalian
hormone glucagon as it induces fast mobilization of carbohydrates and lipids from the fat …

Human life expectancy increases, but the disease-free part of lifespan (healthspan) and the
quality of life in old people may not show the same development. The situation poses …

Insects have evolved an extraordinary range of nutritional adaptations to exploit other
animals, plants, bacteria, fungi and soils as resources in terrestrial and aquatic …

Identifying the genetic basis of behavior has remained a challenge for biologists. A major
obstacle to this goal is the difficulty of examining gene function in an ecologically relevant …

Are eusociality and extraordinary aging polyphenisms evolutionarily coupled? The
remarkable disparity in longevity between social insect queens and sterile workers …