The falling cost of genome sequencing is having a marked impact on the research
community with respect to which genomes are sequenced and how and where they are …

Research over the past decade has extended the prevailing view of the mitochondrion to
include functions well beyond the generation of cellular energy. It is now recognized that …

Fruit flies of the genus Drosophila have been an attractive and effective genetic model
organism since Thomas Hunt Morgan and colleagues made seminal discoveries with them …

Animal transcriptomes are dynamic, with each cell type, tissue and organ system expressing
an ensemble of transcript isoforms that give rise to substantial diversity. Here we have …

EVidenceModeler (EVM) is presented as an automated eukaryotic gene structure annotation
tool that reports eukaryotic gene structures as a weighted consensus of all available …

The laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus) is an indispensable tool in experimental medicine
and drug development, having made inestimable contributions to human health. We report …

Insecticide resistance is an inherited characteristic involving changes in one or more insect
gene. The molecular basis of these changes are only now being fully determined, aided by …

Background Sequencing the genomes of multiple, taxonomically diverse eukaryotes
enables in-depth comparative-genomic analysis which is expected to help in reconstructing …

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

The insect chemoreceptor superfamily in Drosophila melanogaster is predicted to consist of
62 odorant receptor (Or) and 68 gustatory receptor (Gr) proteins, encoded by families of 60 …