Review
Immunology
Lin Zhao, Jinlan Niu, Disong Feng, Xialu Wang, Rong Zhang
Summary: Pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) in the immune response are crucial for recognizing pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and initiating defense response in Lepidoptera. Damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) play a physiological role in cells and can also function as immune signals when exposed extracellularly. This article reviews typical PRRs in Lepidoptera and their correlation with immune escape, suggesting that PRRs may have a broader recognition ability in insect innate immunity.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Xiaozhu Wu, Chenghua Zhou, Xiaofang Li, Jingyi Lin, Luis Carlos Ramos Aguila, Feng Wen, Liande Wang
Summary: In this study, 19 MAPK cascade gene family members were identified in E. grisescens and their evolutionary characteristics and expression patterns were investigated. The results showed uneven distribution of these genes on chromosomes and most of them were induced or constitutively expressed upon M. anisopliae infection. These findings may contribute to the development of new eco-friendly biological insecticides for tea tree protection.
Article
Entomology
Logan D. Crees, Phil DeVries, Carla M. Penz
Summary: Butterfly ventral hind wing eyespots play a role in predator-prey interactions, with females using males' eyespots for mate-locating cues. Male Caligo have larger eyespots than females, while Opsiphanes show no difference in eyespot size between sexes. Across the Brassolini phylogeny, there is a positive association between eyespot size and position, with significant phylogenetic signal.
ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Cell Biology
Kenji Nishida, Haruhiko Adachi, Minoru Moriyama, Ryo Futahashi, Paul E. Hanson, Shigeru Kondo
Summary: A previously undiscovered mechanism of butterfly wing coloration patterns was found in two distantly related butterfly species, Siproeta stelenes and Philaethria diatonica. The coloration is derived from a liquid retained in the wing membrane, rather than solid pigments, nanostructures of scales, or the color of the cuticular membrane. The green region of the wing contains a space filled with green liquid and living cells, while the non-green region lacks this feature. Pigment analysis confirmed that the color of the liquid comes from hemolymph components, bilin and carotenoid pigments. This discovery expands our understanding of how butterfly wings obtain their coloration and patterns.
Article
Biology
Vasyl Alba, James E. Carthew, Richard W. Carthew, Madhav Mani
Summary: Organismal development is a complex process characterized by reproducibility and tolerance despite its complexity, implying hidden simplicities. By studying natural phenotypic variation in fruit fly wings, researchers identified a highly constrained set of wing phenotypes that could be described by a single integrated mode. This work demonstrates the presence of constraints that funnel environmental inputs and genetic variation into phenotypes along a single axis in morphological space, providing insights into the robustness of complex forms and potential for evolutionary variations.
Article
Entomology
Kyri A. Forman, Craig D. Thulin
Summary: Monarch butterflies use different orange pigments to warn off predators and for sexual selection, including seven ommochrome pigments. The findings indicate that they may achieve different hues of orange by differences in the redox states of these pigments.
JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Arbab Ihsan, Khalid Ali Khan, Muhammad Sagir, Ahmad Nawaz, Sajid Fiaz, Farkhanda Yasmin, Majeeda Rasheed, Habib Ali, Musarrat Shaheen, Samy F. Mahmoud, Samy Sayed, Shafeeq Ur Rahman, Yasir Bilal, Muhammad Ramzan, Talha Nazir, Shumaila Khan, Muhammad Mohsin Waqas, Muhammad Tayyib, Fiaz Hussain, Muhammad Yousaf Ali
Summary: The study investigated the impact of different treatment diets on the biological aspects of pink bollworm. Results showed that the developmental parameters varied significantly across all treatment diets, with the greatest difference observed on the okra diet. This study provides valuable insights for future interventions in the mass production of pink bollworm larvae using modified diets.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Fernando Rodriguez-Caro, Jennifer Fenner, Shivam Bhardwaj, Jared Cole, Caleb Benson, Alexandra M. Colombara, Riccardo Papa, Matthew W. Brown, Arnaud Martin, Ryan C. Range, Brian A. Counterman
Summary: This study explores the genetic basis of sexually dimorphic development through examining sex-specific differences in butterfly wing color patterns. The researchers discovered a novel duplication of the dsx gene associated with sexually dimorphic UV coloration, which may play a role in suppressing UV scale differentiation in females. The findings highlight the molecular flexibility of the dsx gene in mediating the differentiation of secondary sexual characteristics.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Dionei S. Muraro, Dyrson de Oliveira Abbade Neto, Rubens H. Kanno, Ingrid S. Kaiser, Oderlei Bernardi, Celso Omoto
Summary: The study revealed that resistance of Spodoptera frugiperda to emamectin benzoate is polygenic and shows incomplete dominant inheritance. Low cross-resistance was detected between emamectin benzoate and other insecticides. The synergists did not have a significant effect on the Ben-R strain, indicating a minor role of metabolic resistance in resistance evolution.
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Jocelyn Liang Qi Wee, Suriya Narayanan Murugesan, Christopher W. Wheat, Antonia Monteiro
Summary: Spots in pierid butterflies and eyespots in nymphalid butterflies are likely non-homologous wing colour pattern elements, yet they share a few features in common. Both develop black scales that depend on the function of the gene spalt, and both might have central signalling cells. This suggests that both pattern elements may be sharing common genetic circuitry.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ying Zhao, Weijuan Zhou, Yan Chen, Zhaoji Li, Xiqiang Song, Jian Wang, Daike Tian, Jun Niu
Summary: This study investigated the metabolome of open and closed petals of Nymphaea 'Blue Bird', identifying different types of metabolites and analyzing the impact of environmental stress on the regulation of flavonoids. The results suggest that rhythmic accumulation and loss of differential flavonoids in the petals may enhance UV pattern and influence pollinator attraction.
Article
Biology
Alejandro Rico-Guevara, Laura Echeverri-Mallarino, Christopher J. Clark
Summary: During high-speed dives, male trainbearer hummingbirds produce unique sounds that were previously thought to be produced by tail or wing contact. However, analysis has shown that these sounds are actually produced by a within-wing mechanism and are synchronized with specific wingbeat patterns. This mechanism may be common among other bird species as well.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Ce Wang, Bin He, Shengsen Wu, Renjie Wan, Boxin Shi, Ling-Yu Duan
Summary: This paper investigates the formation process of moire patterns from the perspective of signal aliasing and proposes a coarse-to-fine disentangling framework for removing moire patterns. The proposed method first separates the moire pattern layer and the clean image based on their derived formation model, and then refines the results using frequency domain features and edge attention. Experimental results show that the proposed method outperforms state-of-the-art methods, especially on high-resolution moire images.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE
(2023)
Article
Entomology
Tina Klenovsek, Predrag Jaksic, Franc Janzekovic
Summary: The variability of the burnet moth's forewing is mainly manifested in the shape of the outline, showing differences among different locations. Two morphological groups were identified based on the forewing shape: one with narrower pointed forewings and the other with wider forewings with a blunt apex.
TURKIYE ENTOMOLOJI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Yafeng Li, Qilong Xue, Jin Wang, Chong Wang, Yonggang Shan
Summary: This study utilizes vibration signal measurement to examine the movement mode of the drill string. By interpreting the vibration signal and establishing a classification model, different vibration patterns can be accurately identified with a high degree of accuracy.
Article
Evolutionary Biology
David A. Ray, Jenna R. Grimshaw, Michaela K. Halsey, JenniferM. Korstian, Austin B. Osmanski, Kevin A. M. Sullivan, Kristen A. Wolf, Harsith Reddy, Nicole Foley, Richard D. Stevens, Binyamin A. Knisbacher, Orr Levy, Brian Counterman, Nathaniel B. Edelman, James Mallet
GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2019)
Article
Evolutionary Biology
Wei Zhang, Brian X. Leon-Ricardo, Bas van Schooten, Steven M. Van Belleghem, Brian A. Counterman, W. Owen McMillan, Marcus R. Kronforst, Riccardo Papa
GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2019)
Article
Evolutionary Biology
Luis Rodriguez-Caro, Jennifer Fenner, Caleb Benson, Steven M. Van Belleghem, Brian A. Counterman
GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
James J. Lewis, Rachel C. Geltman, Patrick C. Pollak, Kathleen E. Rondem, Steven M. Van Belleghem, Melissa J. Hubisz, Paul R. Munn, Linlin Zhang, Caleb Benson, Anyi Mazo-Vargas, Charles G. Danko, Brian A. Counterman, Riccardo Papa, Robert D. Reed
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2019)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nathaniel B. Edelman, Paul B. Frandsen, Michael Miyagi, Bernardo Clavijo, John Davey, Rebecca B. Dikow, Gonzalo Garcia-Accinelli, Steven M. Van Belleghem, Nick Patterson, Daniel E. Neafsey, Richard Challis, Sujai Kumar, Gilson R. P. Moreira, Camilo Salazar, Mathieu Chouteau, Brian A. Counterman, Riccardo Papa, Mark Blaxter, Robert D. Reed, Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra, Marcus Kronforst, Mathieu Joron, Chris D. Jiggins, W. Owen McMillan, Federica Di Palma, Andrew J. Blumberg, John Wakeley, David Jaffe, James Mallet
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Carolina Concha, Richard W. R. Wallbank, Joseph J. Hanly, Jennifer Fenner, Luca Livraghi, Edgardo Santiago Rivera, Daniel F. Paulo, Carlos Arias, Marta Vargas, Manu Sanjeev, Colin Morrison, David Tian, Paola Aguirre, Sabrina Ferrara, Jessica Foley, Carolina Pardo-Diaz, Camilo Salazar, Mauricio Linares, Darli Massardo, Brian A. Counterman, Maxwell J. Scott, Chris D. Jiggins, Riccardo Papa, Arnaud Martin, W. Owen McMillan
Article
Entomology
Emily A. Shelby, Jennifer Fenner, Brian A. Counterman
JOURNAL OF THE LEPIDOPTERISTS SOCIETY
(2020)
Article
Biology
Steven M. Van Belleghem, Paola A. Alicea Roman, Heriberto Carbia Gutierrez, Brian A. Counterman, Riccardo Papa
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Jennifer Fenner, Caleb Benson, Luis Rodriguez-Caro, Anna Ren, Riccardo Papa, Arnaud Martin, Federico Hoffmann, Ryan Range, Brian A. Counterman
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2020)
Correction
Biology
Steven M. Van Belleghem, Paola A. Alicea Roman, Heriberto Carbia Gutierrez, Brian A. Counterman, Riccardo Papa
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Steven M. Van Belleghem, Jared M. Cole, Gabriela Montejo-Kovacevich, Caroline N. Bacquet, W. Owen McMillan, Riccardo Papa, Brian A. Counterman
Summary: Hybridizing species in the erato clade of Heliconius butterflies show intermediate levels of genomic divergence and incomplete reproductive isolation. Demographic modeling and relationship between admixture, divergence, and recombination rate variation reveal the roles of isolation, selection, and gene flow in shaping the heterogeneous genomic landscapes of these species.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Vincent Ficarrotta, Joseph J. Hanly, Ling S. Loh, Caroline M. Francescutti, Anna Ren, Kalle Tunstrom, Christopher W. Wheat, Adam H. Porter, Brian A. Counterman, Arnaud Martin
Summary: Mating cues play a crucial role in species formation and maintenance, but little is known about their divergence. This study investigates the genetic basis of UV iridescence in butterflies and reveals how mating cues diverge and integrate with other reproductive barriers to shape the genomic landscape of reproductive isolation.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Ecology
James G. Ogilvie, Steven Van Belleghem, Ryan Range, Riccardo Papa, Owen W. McMillan, Mathieu Chouteau, Brian A. Counterman
Summary: The evolution of mimicry in similarly defended prey is well described by Mullerian mimicry theory, predicting convergence of warning patterns. However, there is great diversity of color patterns among Mullerian mimics like Heliconius butterflies. Some species have evolved to maintain multiple distinct warning patterns in single populations, known as polymorphic mimicry.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ningning Wu, Elizabeth Evans, Bas van Schooten, Jesyka Melendez-Rosa, Yadira Ortiz, Silvia M. Planas Soto-Navarro, Steven M. Van Belleghem, Brian A. Counterman, Riccardo Papa, Wei Zhang
Summary: This study examines the gene expression profiles and genomic divergence of three sensory tissues between sexes and life stages in two hybridizing butterflies. The research found evidence of widespread gene expression divergence, supporting the crucial role of sensory tissues in the establishment of species barriers. The study also reveals that sensory diversification increases in a manner consistent with evolutionary divergence.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Vincent Ficarrotta, Arnaud Martin, Brian A. Counterman, R. Alexander Pyron
Summary: Iridescent ultraviolet (IUV) patterns on pierid butterfly wings are phenotypic adaptations used as sexual signals. A phylogenetic reconstruction of IUV in Pieridae revealed a single origin followed by multiple gains and losses. The study supports the homology of IUV patterns and suggests a link between female-mediated sexual selection and ecological predatory selection.
