Functional dissection of mosquito humidity sensing reveals distinct Dry and Moist Cell contributions to blood feeding and oviposition.

mosquitoes are major vectors of dengue, chikungunya, and other arboviral diseases. 's capacity to reproduce and to spread disease depends on the female mosquitoes' ability to obtain blood meals and find water-filled containers in which to lay eggs (oviposit). While humidity sensation (hygrosensation) has been implicated in these behaviors, the specific hygrosensory pathways involved have been unclear.

Rhizosphere microbial community structure differs between constant subzero and freeze-thaw temperature regimes in a subarctic soil.

In the Arctic and subarctic, climate change is causing reduced snowpack extent and earlier snowmelt. Shallower snowpack decreases the thermal insulation of underlying soil and results in more freeze-thaw conditions reflective of dynamic air temperatures. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of alternative temperature regimes on overall microbial community structure and rhizosphere recruitment across representatives of three subarctic plant functional groups.

DMKPs provide a generalizable strategy for studying genes required for reproduction or viability in nontraditional model organisms.

The advent of CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing has expanded the range of animals amenable to targeted genetic analysis. This has accelerated research in animals not traditionally studied using molecular genetics. However, studying genes essential for reproduction or survival in such animals remains challenging, as they lack the tools that aid genetic analysis in traditional genetic model organisms.

Humidity sensors that alert mosquitoes to nearby hosts and egg-laying sites.

To reproduce and to transmit disease, female mosquitoes must obtain blood meals and locate appropriate sites for egg laying (oviposition). While distinct sensory cues drive each behavior, humidity contributes to both. Here, we identify the mosquito's humidity sensors (hygrosensors).

Genomics-based higher classification of the species-rich Hairstreaks (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini).

We propose a higher classification of the lycaenid hairstreak tribe Eumaeini - one of the youngest and most species-rich butterfly tribes - based on autosome, Lepidopteran Z sex chromosome, and mitochondrial protein-coding genes. The subtribe Neolycaenina Korb is a of Callophryidina Tutt, and subtribe Tmolusina Bálint is a of Strephonotina K. Johnson, Austin, Le Crom, & Salazar.