Silk, especially spider and insect silk, is a highly versatile biomaterial with potential
applications in biomedicine, materials science, and biomimetic engineering. The primary …

Caddisflies (Trichoptera) are among the most diverse groups of freshwater animals with
more than 16 000 described species. They play a fundamental role in freshwater ecology …

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 …

Arthropod silk is vital to the evolutionary success of hundreds of thousands of species. The
primary proteins in silks are often encoded by long, repetitive gene sequences. Until …

Background Generating the most contiguous, accurate genome assemblies given available
sequencing technologies is a long-standing challenge in genome science. With the rise of …

While most species of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) have entirely terrestrial life
histories,∼ 0.5% of the described species are known to have an aquatic larval stage. Larvae …

Precise regulation of chromosome dynamics in the germline is essential for reproductive
success across species. Yet, the mechanisms underlying meiotic chromosomal events such …

Larvae of caddisflies (Trichoptera) produce silk to build various underwater structures
allowing them to exploit a wide range of aquatic environments. The silk adheres to various …

Highly repetitive sequences play a major structural and function role in the genome. In the
present study, we developed Cas9-assisted cloning and S MRT sequencing of long …

We present the first long-read de novo assembly and annotation of the luna moth (Actias
luna) and provide the full characterization of heavy chain fibroin (h-fibroin), a long and highly …