Despite significant under-representation in the global debate surrounding food security [1,
2], seafood (including fish, invertebrates, and algae) is the most highly traded of all food …

A central question in evolutionary biology represents understanding the molecular basis of
adaptive response to differing environmental salinity gradients. The capacity to …

In the last 15 years, considerable attempts have been undertaken to develop the obligately
parthenogenetic marbled crayfish Procambarus virginalis as a new model in biology. Its …

Background. Neuropeptides are important regulators of physiological processes and
behavior. Although they tend to be generally well conserved, recent results using …

Crustaceans' endocrinology is a vastly understudied area of research. The major focus of
the studies on this topic to date has been on the molting cycle (and in particular, the role of …

Forkhead box protein L2 (Foxl2) is involved in multiple physiological processes, such as
ovarian development, granulosa cell differentiation, ovarian follicle development, and oocyte …

Background Growing global demands for crustacean food crop species have driven large
investments in aquaculture research worldwide. However, large-scale production is …

Allatostatin C is the arthropod homolog of vertebrate somatostatin. The gene went through a
local gene triplification leading to the existence of three genes coding such peptides …

Research on invasion biology has been largely dominated by studies on the ecological
effects of invasion events, although recently, evolutionary processes have been shown to be …

The swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus) is among the most economically important
seawater crustacean species in Asia. Despite its commercial importance and being well …