Conserved and Divergent Aspects of Plasticity and Sexual Dimorphism in Wing Size and Shape in Three Diptera

Autor: Micael Reis, Natalia Siomava, Ernst A. Wimmer, Nico Posnien

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol 9 (2021)

The ability of powered flight in insects facilitated their great evolutionary success allowing them to occupy various ecological niches. Beyond this primary task, wings are often involved in various premating behaviors, such as the generation of cour

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Multiple loci linked to inversions are associated with eye size variation in species of the Drosophila virilis phylad

Autor: Nico Posnien, Jorge Vieira, Cristina P. Vieira, Julien Claude, Rodrigo Lata, Gordon Wiegleb, Britta Horchler, Ngoc-Thuy Ha, Micael Reis, Christian Reimer

Publikováno v: Scientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2020)
Scientific Reports

The size and shape of organs is tightly controlled to achieve optimal function. Natural morphological variations often represent functional adaptations to an ever-changing environment. For instance, variation in head morphology is pervasive in insect

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http://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-020-69719-z

Genes belonging to the insulin and ecdysone signaling pathways can contribute to developmental time, lifespan and abdominal size variation in Drosophila americana.

Autor: Micael Reis, Inês Páscoa, Helder Rocha, Bruno Aguiar, Cristina P Vieira, Jorge Vieira

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 1, p e86690 (2014)

Even within a single genus, such as Drosophila, cases of lineage-specific adaptive evolution have been found. Therefore, the molecular basis of phenotypic variation must be addressed in more than one species group, in order to infer general patterns.

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Origin and Consequences of Chromosomal Inversions in thevirilisGroup ofDrosophila

Autor: Jorge Vieira, Nico Posnien, Micael Reis, Rodrigo Lata, Cristina P. Vieira

Publikováno v: Genome Biology and Evolution
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal
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In Drosophila, large variations in rearrangement rate have been reported among different lineages and among Muller’s elements. Nevertheless, the mechanisms that are involved in the generation of inversions, their increase in frequency, as well as t

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https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evy239

Drosophila genes that affect meiosis duration are among the meiosis related genes that are more often found duplicated.

Autor: Micael Reis, Sofia Sousa-Guimarães, Cristina P Vieira, Cláudio E Sunkel, Jorge Vieira

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 6, Iss 3, p e17512 (2011)

Using a phylogenetic approach, the examination of 33 meiosis/meiosis-related genes in 12 Drosophila species, revealed nine independent gene duplications, involving the genes cav, mre11, meiS332, polo and mtrm. Evidence is provided that at least eight

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