This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.32122084);Chongqing Natural Science Foundation(No.cstc2021ycjh-bgzxm0005);PhD Start-Up Foundation of Southwest University(No.SWU120012);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.SWU-KT22042).None of these fundings played any role in the design of the study,collection,analysis,or interpretation of data or in the writing of the manuscript.
Metamorphosis is a complex developmental process involving multiple pathways and a large number of genes that are regulated by juvenile hormone(JH)and 20-hydroxyecdysone(20E).Despite important progress in understandin...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32172390, 1672023 and 31741107);the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, China (LZ20C140002)。
The brown planthopper(Nilaparvata lugens) is the main migratory pest in many rice growing areas in Asia. E78 is a member of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily which plays an important role in egg development and...
provided by the National Institutes of Health(R01AI033108,R01AI106892)awarded to MRS and MRB;National Science Foundation(IOS 1656236)awarded to MRS and MRB;United States Department of Agriculture Hatch Project GEO00772 to MRS;the Pulliam Endowment(MRS);partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation(31901876);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(KB20190900).
Anautogenous mosquitoes must blood feed on a vertebrate host to produce eggs.Each gonadotrophic cycle is subdivided into a sugar-feeding previtellogenic phase that produces primary follicles and a blood meal-activated...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32072987);China Agriculture Research System-48(Supported by China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA);National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFD0900400);K.C.Wong Magna Fund in Ningbo University.
Cholesterol,as an indispensable nutrient,regulates molting and growth in crustacean.As crustaceans are unable to biosynthesize cholesterol de novo,it is central to understand how dietary cholesterol affects molting in...
This study was financially supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(NSFC-31573236/31772420/31970406);CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology,Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden,Chinese Academy of Sciences(19CAS-TFE-3).
Wolbachia infection is known to affect host reproduction and development.To date,however,the underlying mechanism related to the effects of Wolbachia on host development has not yet been reported.Here,we compared the ...
supported by grants from the National Science Foundation of China(31830093,32021001 and 31802005);Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB11010600).
U1 small nuclear ribonucleoproteins(U1 snRNP)associates with 5ʹsplice sites in the form of ribonucleoprotein particles and is highly conserved among species.The physiological functions of U1 snRNP in a lepidopteran mo...
supported by grants from National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents Grant(BX20190350);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Grant(2019M661654).
Insect growth and development are precisely controlled by hormone homeostasis.The prothoracicotropic hormone(PTTH)receptor,Torso,is a member of the receptor tyrosine kinase family in insects.Activation of Torso by PTT...
grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.31672357 and 31872285)。
Metamorphosis is one of the most important physiological processes in insects.It is regulated by a serial of ecdysone cascade genes.Recently,lots o f microRNAs(miRNAs)were investigated in insects;however,their functio...
This research was supported by Grants from the Natural Science Foundation of China(31770688);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2572017AA17);the Ph.D.Programs Foundation of HeZe University(XY18BS06);the Ph.D.Programs Foundation of HeZe University(XY18BS05).
Ecdysteroids play an important role in regulating diverse physiological processes in arthropods,such as molting,metamorphosis,reproduction and diapause.Ecdysteroids mediate the response by binding to a heterodimeric c...
the earmarked fund for the China Agricultural Research System (No. CARS-26);International Atomic Energy Agency's Coordinated Research Project (No. D42016);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31572008);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2014PY005 and 2662015PY129).
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate various biological processes during insect developme nt;however, their role in larval-pupal development in oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) remains unknown. In the current s...