Molecular biology and genetics of the Lepidoptera

Evolutionary Framework for Lepidoptera Model Systems, A.D. Roe, S.J. Weller, J. Baixeras, J. Brown, M.P. Cummings, D.R. Davis, A.Y. Kawahara, C.S. Parr, J.C. Regier, D. Rubinoff, T.J. Simonsen, N. Wahlberg, and A. Zwick Recent Progress in Silkworm Genetics and Genomics, M.R. Goldsmith Rise and Fall of the W Chromosome in Lepidoptera, F. Marec, K. Sahara, and W. Traut Sex Chromosomes and Sex Determination in Bombyx mori, H. Abe, T. Fujii, and T. Shimada Evolutionary and Developmental Genetics of Butterfly Wing Patterns: Focus on Bicyclus anynana Eyespots, P. Beldade and S.V. Saenko Prospects for Locating Adaptive Genes in Lepidopteran Genomes: A Case Study of Butterfly Color Patterns, S.W. Baxter, O. McMillan, N. Chamberlain, R.H. ffrench-Constant, and C. D. Jiggins Molecular and Physiological Innovations of Butterfly Eyes, M.P. Sison-Mangus and A.D. Briscoe Lepidopteran Circadian Clocks: From Molecules to Behavior, C. Merlin and S.M. Reppert Lepidopteran Chemoreceptors, K.W. Wanner and H.M. Robertson Sexual Communication in Lepidoptera: A Need for Wedding Genetics, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology, F. Gould, A.T. Groot, G.M. Vasquez, and C. Schal Genetics of Host Range in Lepidoptera, S.J. Oppenheim and K.R. Hopper Genetics and Molecular Biology of the Major Crop Pest Genus Helicoverpa, K. Gordon, W. Tek Tay, D. Collinge, A. Williams, and P. Batterham Molecular Genetics of Insecticide Resistance in Lepidoptera, D.G. Heckel Innate Immune Responses of Manduca sexta, M.R. Kanost and J.B. Nardi Lepidopterans as Model Mini-Hosts for Human Pathogens and as a Resource for Peptide Antibiotics, A. Vilcinskas Intrahemocoelic Toxins for Lepidopteran Pest Management, N.R. Schmidt and B.C. Bonning The Interactions between Polydnavirus-Carrying Parasitoids and Their Lepidopteran Hosts, M.R. Strand Densovirus Resistance in Bombyx mori, K. Kadono-Okuda Index