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Section edited by Kitsos Louis
This section covers all aspects of the structure and function of the genomes of invertebrate multicellular organisms.
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Microsporidia are highly specialized, parasitic fungi that infect a wide range of eukaryotic hosts from all major taxa. Infections cause a variety of damaging effects on host physiology from increased stress t...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:630
Published on: 17 August 2017
Research
Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) is a small sulphur compound which is produced in prodigious amounts in the oceans and plays a pivotal role in the marine sulfur cycle. Until recently, DMSP was believed to be ...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:612
Published on: 14 August 2017
Research article
Mytilisepta virgata is a marine mussel commonly found along the coasts of Japan. Although this species has been the subject of occasional studies concerning its ecological role, growth...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:590
Published on: 8 August 2017
Methodology Article
Repetitive elements are now known to have relevant cellular functions, including self-complementary sequences that form double stranded (ds) RNA. There are numerous pathways that determine the fate of endogeno...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:522
Published on: 10 July 2017
Research article
Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) transmitted by mosquito vectors cause many important emerging or resurging infectious diseases in humans including dengue, chikungunya and Zika. Understanding the co-evolu...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:512
Published on: 5 July 2017
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Cryptic genetic variation (CGV) is the hidden genetic variation that can be unlocked by perturbing normal conditions. CGV can drive the emergence of novel complex phenotypes through changes in gene expression....
BMC Genomics 2017 18:500
Published on: 29 June 2017
Research article
Folsomia candida is a model in soil biology, belonging to the family of Isotomidae, subclass Collembola. It reproduces parthenogenetically in the presence of Wolbachia, and exhibits re...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:493
Published on: 28 June 2017
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Cornu aspersum is a quite intriguing species from the point of view of ecology and evolution and its potential use in medical and environmental applications. It is a species of economi...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:491
Published on: 28 June 2017
Research article
Sexual reproduction involving the fusion of egg and sperm is prevailing among eukaryotes. In contrast, the nematode Diploscapter coronatus, a close relative of the model Caenorhabditis elegans, reproduces parthen...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:478
Published on: 24 June 2017
Research article
To date, mitochondrial genomes of more than one hundred flatworms (Platyhelminthes) have been sequenced. They show a high degree of similarity and a strong taxonomic bias towards parasitic lineages. The mitoch...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:414
Published on: 26 May 2017
Research article
Agricultural environments have long presented an opportunity to study evolution in action, and genomic approaches are opening doors for testing hypotheses about adaptation to crops, pesticides, and fertilizers...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:412
Published on: 26 May 2017
Research article
In marine organisms, and in particular for benthic invertebrates including echinoderms, olfaction is a dominant sense with chemosensation being a critical signalling process. Until recently natural product che...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:400
Published on: 23 May 2017
Research article
The southern house mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus, is one of the most prevalent vectors of lymphatic filariasis and flavivirus-induced encephalitis. Its vectorial capacity is directly affected by its reproducti...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:393
Published on: 19 May 2017
Research article
Transcriptional elongation is a generic function, but is also regulated to allow rapid transcription responses. Following relatively long initiation and promoter clearance, RNA polymerase II can pause and then...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:384
Published on: 18 May 2017
Research article
The mosquito Aedes aegypti is the primary vector for medically important arthropod-borne viruses, including chikungunya virus (CHIKV). Following oral acquisition, an arbovirus has to persistently infect several o...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:382
Published on: 15 May 2017
Research article
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are now considered important regulatory factors, with a variety of biological functions in many species including insects. Some lncRNAs have the ability to show rapid responses to...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:380
Published on: 15 May 2017
Research article
Whiteflies threaten agricultural crop production worldwide, are polyphagous in nature, and transmit hundreds of plant viruses. Little is known how whitefly gene expression is altered due to feeding on plants i...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:370
Published on: 11 May 2017
Research Article
Parasitoid resistance in Drosophila varies considerably, among and within species. An immune response, lamellocyte-mediated encapsulation, evolved in a subclade of Drosophila and was subsequently lost in at least...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:331
Published on: 27 April 2017
Research article
ABC transporter superfamily is one of the largest and ubiquitous groups of proteins. Because of their role in detoxification, insect ABC transporters have gained more attention in recent years. In this study, ...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:330
Published on: 26 April 2017
Research article
The phenomenon of immune priming, i.e. enhanced protection following a secondary exposure to a pathogen, has now been demonstrated in a wide range of invertebrate species. Despite accumulating phenotypic evide...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:329
Published on: 26 April 2017
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