Mitochondrial genome studies also can contribute to pest control methods that act by modifying insect metabolism. "Most pesticides are neurotoxins, so they don't immediately interact with the ...

Textbooks say that mitochondria exist to supply cells with energy, but experiments in fruit flies suggest they are also ...

Health Your brain may be mutating in a way that was thought to be very rare DNA from mitochondria, the energy powerhouses inside cells, sometimes gets added to our genome – and the number of ...

Knowing the whole genome is the first step towards de-extinction The disappearance of insects, especially pollinators, is a very serious global ecological problem.

A chromosome-level reference genome for the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius, with identification of sex chromosomes. Journal of Heredity, 2024; DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esae071 ...