The RNA interference (RNAi) triggered by short/small interfering RNA (siRNA) was
discovered in nematodes and found to function in most living organisms. RNAi has been …

The increased urbanization of a growing global population makes imperative the
development of sustainable integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for urban pest …

Current approaches for insect gene editing require microinjection of materials into early
embryos. This severely limits the application of gene editing to a great number of insect …

The increasing availability of insect genomes has revealed a large number of genes with
unknown functions and the resulting problem of how to discover these functions. The RNA …

Insect vitellogenin and lipophorin receptors (VgRs/LpRs) belong to the low-density
lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) gene superfamily and play a critical role in oocyte development …

RNA interference (RNAi) is a specific gene silencing mechanism mediated by double-
stranded RNA (dsRNA), which has been harnessed as a useful reverse genetics tool in …

DNA methylation at the fifth position of cytosine (5-methylcytosine, 5mC) is a crucial
epigenetic modification for regulating gene expression, but little is known about how it …

Vitellogenin receptors (VgRs), members of the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR)
superfamily, are responsible for taking vitellogenin (Vg) into developing oocytes. Here the …

Insect metamorphosis is regulated by ecdysteroids, which induce molts and juvenile
hormone (JH), which inhibits metamorphic changes. The molecular action of ecdysteroids …

Although a great deal of information is available concerning the role of ecdysone in insect
oogenesis, research has tended to focus on vitellogenesis and choriogenesis. As such, the …