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Approaches to quantify and manipulate insect hormone signals 量化和操纵昆虫激素信号的方法。

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Current opinion in insect science Pub Date : 2025-08-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2025.101425

Fernando G Noriega , Guy Bloch , Martin Moos , Petr Simek , Marek Jindra

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Microbial, genetic, and urban drivers of ant invasions 蚂蚁入侵的微生物、基因和城市驱动因素。

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Current opinion in insect science Pub Date : 2025-08-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2025.101417

Wei-Jiun Lin , Po-Wei Hsu , Edward L Vargo , Chin-Cheng Scotty Yang

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Protecting honey bees through microbiome engineering 利用微生物组工程保护蜜蜂。

IF 4.8 1区农林科学

Current opinion in insect science Pub Date : 2025-08-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2025.101416

Lucio Navarro-Escalante , A H M Zuberi Ashraf , Sean P Leonard , Jeffrey E Barrick

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Recent advances on hormones and behavior in vertebrates: inspiration for and from invertebrate science 脊椎动物的激素和行为的最新进展：来自无脊椎动物科学的启示。

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Current opinion in insect science Pub Date : 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2025.101409

Luke Remage-Healey

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Insect sex chromosome evolution: conservation, turnover, and mechanisms of dosage compensation 昆虫性染色体进化：保存、更新和剂量补偿机制。

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Current opinion in insect science Pub Date : 2025-07-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2025.101411

Melissa A Toups , Beatriz Vicoso

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Endosymbionts interacting with sex-determining genes and processes 与性别决定基因和过程相互作用的内共生生物。

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Current opinion in insect science Pub Date : 2025-07-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2025.101410

Laura C Fricke, Matthew D Villalta, Amelia RI Lindsey

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Environmentally induced changes on tephritid fly behavior and physiology and their implications for management 环境诱导的麻蝇行为和生理变化及其对管理的影响。

IF 5.8 1区农林科学

Current opinion in insect science Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2025.101408

Martín Aluja, Larissa Guillén

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Dynamics and evolution of transposable elements in mosquito genomes 蚊子基因组转座因子的动态和进化。

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Current opinion in insect science Pub Date : 2025-06-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2025.101406

Josquin Daron, Alexander Bergman, Louis Lambrechts

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Neuroendocrine control of insect aggression: do environmental stressors modulate aggressive behavior? 昆虫攻击的神经内分泌控制：环境压力源是否调节攻击行为？

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Current opinion in insect science Pub Date : 2025-06-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2025.101407

Marlène Goubault , Alice Roux , Mathieu Bussy , Elizabeth A Tibbetts

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The dose makes the poison: plant toxin concentrations and herbivore immunity against pathogens and parasitoids 剂量产生毒素：植物毒素浓度和草食动物对病原体和类寄生虫的免疫力。

IF 5.8 1区农林科学

Current opinion in insect science Pub Date : 2025-06-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2025.101405

Paul J Ode , Enakshi Ghosh

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