Evolution of sexual development and sexual dimorphism in insects

Nix is a male-determining factor in the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus

(2020) Peiwen Liu et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Doublesex mediates the development of sex-specific pheromone organs in Bicyclus butterflies via multiple mechanisms

(2020) Anupama Prakash et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

A shared genetic basis of mimicry across swallowtail butterflies points to ancestral co-option of doublesex

(2020) Daniela H. Palmer et al.   Nature Communications

miRNA-1-3p is an early embryonic male sex-determining factor in the Oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis

(2020) Wei Peng et al.   Nature Communications

The hidden costs of dietary restriction: Implications for its evolutionary and mechanistic origins

(2020) Andrew W. McCracken et al.   Science Advances

Nixalone is sufficient to convert femaleAedes aegyptiinto fertile males andmyo-sexis needed for male flight

(2020) Azadeh Aryan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The genomes of a monogenic fly: views of primitive sex chromosomes

(2020) Anne A. Andere et al.   Scientific Reports

A chimeric gene paternally instructs female sex determination in the haplodiploid wasp Nasonia

(2020) Yuan Zou et al.   SCIENCE

Alternative splicing regulation of doublesex gene by RNA-binding proteins in the silkworm Bombyx mori

(2019) Zeng-Zhang Zheng et al.   RNA Biology

Precise staging of beetle horn formation in Trypoxylus dichotomus reveals the pleiotropic roles of doublesex depending on the spatiotemporal developmental contexts

(2019) Shinichi Morita et al.   PLoS Genetics

Genetic architecture and sex-specific selection govern modular, male-biased evolution of doublesex

(2019) Saurav Baral et al.   Science Advances

The Insulin Signaling Substrate Chico and the Ecdysone Response Element Broad Both Regulate Growth of the Head Horns in the Asian Rhinoceros Beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus

(2019) Mark D Lavine et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Butterfly Mimicry Polymorphisms Highlight Phylogenetic Limits of Gene Reuse in the Evolution of Diverse Adaptations

(2019) Nicholas W VanKuren et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Maleness-on-the-Y (MoY) orchestrates male sex determination in major agricultural fruit fly pests

(2019) Angela Meccariello et al.   SCIENCE

Hemimetabolous insects elucidate the origin of sexual development via alternative splicing

(2019) Judith Wexler et al.   eLife

Mating induces switch from hormone-dependent to hormone-independent steroid receptor–mediated growth in Drosophila secondary cells

(2019) Aaron Leiblich et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

A specific type of insulin-like peptide regulates the conditional growth of a beetle weapon

(2019) Yasukazu Okada et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Identification and characterization of a Masculinizer homologue in the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella

(2019) T. Harvey‐Samuel et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Evolving doublesex expression correlates with the origin and diversification of male sexual ornaments in the Drosophila immigrans species group

(2018) Gavin Rice et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Identification and characterization of a doublesex gene which regulates the expression of insulin-like androgenic gland hormone in Fenneropenaeus chinensis

(2018) Shihao Li et al.   GENE

Bombyx mori histone methyltransferase BmAsh2 is essential for silkworm piRNA-mediated sex determination

(2018) Zhiqian Li et al.   PLoS Genetics

Parallel evolution of Batesian mimicry supergene in twoPapiliobutterflies,P. polytesandP. memnon

(2018) Takuro Iijima et al.   Science Advances

Identification and functional analysis of the doublesex gene in the sexual development of a hemimetabolous insect, the brown planthopper

(2018) Ji-Chong Zhuo et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Paternal Genome Elimination inLiposcelisBooklice (Insecta: Psocodea)

(2017) Christina N. Hodson et al.   GENETICS

Sex Differences in 20-Hydroxyecdysone Hormone Levels Control Sexual Dimorphism in Bicyclus anynana Wing Patterns

(2017) Shivam Bhardwaj et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Male sex in houseflies is determined byMdmd, a paralog of the generic splice factor geneCWC22

(2017) Akash Sharma et al.   SCIENCE

Asymmetric interactions between doublesex and tissue- and sex-specific target genes mediate sexual dimorphism in beetles

(2017) C. C. Ledón-Rettig et al.   Nature Communications

Paternal Genome Elimination inLiposcelisBooklice (Insecta: Psocodea)

(2017) Christina N. Hodson et al.   GENETICS

A maleness gene in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae

(2016) E. Krzywinska et al.   SCIENCE

Transgenic Expression of the piRNA-Resistant Masculinizer Gene Induces Female-Specific Lethality and Partial Female-to-Male Sex Reversal in the Silkworm, Bombyx mori

(2016) Hiroki Sakai et al.   PLoS Genetics

Molecular mechanisms of secondary sexual trait development in insects

(2016) Anupama Prakash et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Identification of doublesex alleles associated with the female-limited Batesian mimicry polymorphism in Papilio memnon

(2016) Shinya Komata et al.   Scientific Reports

Identification and functional analysis of aMasculinizerorthologue inTrilocha varians(Lepidoptera: Bombycidae)

(2015) J. Lee et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A genetic mechanism for female-limited Batesian mimicry in Papilio butterfly

(2015) Hideki Nishikawa et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Constraints on the evolution of adoublesextarget gene arising from doublesex’s pleiotropic deployment

(2015) Shengzhan D. Luo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A male-determining factor in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

(2015) A. B. Hall et al.   SCIENCE

Numerous Transitions of Sex Chromosomes in Diptera

(2015) Beatriz Vicoso et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Pan-metazoan phylogeny of the DMRT gene family: a framework for functional studies

(2014) Judith R. Wexler et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

Expression analysis of Drosophila doublesex, transformer-2, intersex, fruitless-like, and vitellogenin homologs in the parahaploid predator Metaseiulus occidentalis (Chelicerata: Acari: Phytoseiidae)

(2014) Aaron F. Pomerantz et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

A single female-specific piRNA is the primary determiner of sex in the silkworm

(2014) Takashi Kiuchi et al.   NATURE

doublesex is a mimicry supergene

(2014) K. Kunte et al.   NATURE

The Sexual Cascade and the Rise of Pre-Ejaculatory (Darwinian) Sexual Selection, Sex Roles, and Sexual Conflict

(2014) G. A. Parker   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Sex Determination: Why So Many Ways of Doing It?

(2014) Doris Bachtrog et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Developmental Link between Sex and Nutrition; doublesex Regulates Sex-Specific Mandible Growth via Juvenile Hormone Signaling in Stag Beetles

(2014) Hiroki Gotoh et al.   PLoS Genetics

Both cell-autonomous mechanisms and hormones contribute to sexual development in vertebrates and insects

(2013) Ashley Bear et al.   BIOESSAYS

Reversal of an ancient sex chromosome to an autosome in Drosophila

(2013) Beatriz Vicoso et al.   NATURE

Phylogenetic Distribution and Evolutionary Dynamics of the Sex Determination Genes doublesex and transformer in Insects

(2013) E. Geuverink et al.   Sexual Development

Recurrent Modification of a Conserved Cis-Regulatory Element Underlies Fruit Fly Pigmentation Diversity

(2013) William A. Rogers et al.   PLoS Genetics

Sex and the singular DM domain: insights into sexual regulation, evolution and plasticity

(2012) Clinton K. Matson et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Diversification of doublesex function underlies morph-, sex-, and species-specific development of beetle horns

(2012) T. Kijimoto et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Mechanism of Extreme Growth and Reliable Signaling in Sexually Selected Ornaments and Weapons

(2012) D. J. Emlen et al.   SCIENCE

Dmrt genes in the development and evolution of sexual dimorphism

(2012) Artyom Kopp   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Juvenile Hormone Regulates Extreme Mandible Growth in Male Stag Beetles

(2011) Hiroki Gotoh et al.   PLoS One

Evolution of Sex-Specific Traits through Changes in HOX-Dependent doublesex Expression

(2011) Kohtaro Tanaka et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Environmental Sex Determination in the Branchiopod Crustacean Daphnia magna: Deep Conservation of a Doublesex Gene in the Sex-Determining Pathway

(2011) Yasuhiko Kato et al.   PLoS Genetics

Function and evolution of sex determination mechanisms, genes and pathways in insects

(2010) Tanja Gempe et al.   BIOESSAYS

Evolution of the Drosophila Feminizing Switch Gene Sex-lethal

(2010) T. W. Cline et al.   GENETICS

Control of sexual differentiation and behavior by the doublesex gene in Drosophila melanogaster

(2010) Elizabeth J Rideout et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Sex and the Single Cell. II. There Is a Time and Place for Sex

(2010) Carmen C. Robinett et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Rapid Evolution of Sex Pheromone-Producing Enzyme Expression in Drosophila

(2009) Troy R. Shirangi et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The Regulation and Evolution of a Genetic Switch Controlling Sexually Dimorphic Traits in Drosophila

(2008) Thomas M. Williams et al.   CELL