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Papers

(The median citation count of Insect Molecular Biology is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Germline mutagenesis of Nasonia vitripennis through ovarian delivery of CRISPR‐Cas9 ribonucleoprotein	35
Evolutionary insights into the genomic organization of major ribosomal DNA in ant chromosomes	20
MicroRNA miR‐927 targets the juvenile hormone primary response gene Krüppel homolog1 to control Drosophila developmental growth	19
Glycosyltransferases: the multifaceted enzymatic regulator in insects	19
Functional divergence of white genes in Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata revealed by RNA interference	18
Olfactory co‐receptor is involved in host recognition and oviposition in Ophraella communa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	18
Deciphering the role of Rhodnius prolixusCYP4G genes in straight and methyl‐branched hydrocarbon formation and in desiccation tolerance	15
Chemosensory proteins participate in insecticide susceptibility in Rhopalosiphum padi, a serious pest on wheat crops	15
Expressions of conventional vitellogenin and vitellogenin‐like A in worker brains are associated with a nursing task in a ponerine ant	14
Juvenile hormone regulates the reproductive diapause through Methoprene‐tolerant gene in Galeruca daurica	14
Two fatty acid synthase genes from the integument contribute to cuticular hydrocarbon biosynthesis and cuticle permeability in Locusta migratoria	14
miRNA‐34 and miRNA‐210 target hexamerin genes enhancing their differential expression during early brain development of honeybee (Apis mellifera) castes	13
Vitellogenin expression in the ovaries of adult honeybee workers provides insights into the evolution of reproductive and social traits	13
Over‐expression of RNA interference (RNAi) core machinery improves susceptibility to RNAi in silkworm larvae	13
Active genic machinery for epigenetic RNA modifications in bees	12
Efficient genome editing in the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae	12
Jekyll or Hyde? The genome (and more) of Nesidiocoris tenuis, a zoophytophagous predatory bug that is both a biological control agent and a pest	12
Mutations in the voltage‐gated sodium channel gene associated with deltamethrin resistance in commercially sourced Phytoseiulus persimilis	11
Target antifungal peptides of immune signalling pathways in silkworm, Bombyx mori, against Beauveria bassiana	11
Adipokinetic hormone enhances CarE‐mediated chlorpyrifos resistance in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens	11
Functions of a C‐type lectin with a single carbohydrate‐recognition domain in the innate immunity and movement of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum	11
Mapping and quantification of cryptochrome expression in the brain of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum	11
Identification of potential mechanosensitive ion channels involved in texture discrimination during Drosophila suzukii egg‐laying behaviour	10
Expression, purification and characterization of three odorant binding proteins from the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella	10
Characterization of ecdysteroid biosynthesis in the pond wolf spider, Pardosa pseudoannulata	9

Post‐mating gene expression of Mexican fruit fly females: disentangling the effects of the male accessory glands	9
Molecular characterization, expression pattern and RNAi‐mediated silencing of vitellogenin receptor gene in almond moth, Cadra cautella	9
Ecdysis triggering hormone is essential for larva–pupa–adult transformation in Leptinotarsa decemlineata	9
Towards disrupting Varroa –honey bee chemosensing: A focus on a Niemann‐Pick type C2 transcript	9
Research gaps and new insights in the evolution of Drosophila seminal fluid proteins	8
Enhanced silk yield in transgenic silkworm (Bombyx mori) via ectopic expression of BmGT1‐L in the posterior silk gland	8
The unfolded protein response modulates the autophagy‐mediated egg production in the mosquito Aedes aegypti	8
Biochemical characterization of Bombyx mori α‐N‐acetylgalactosaminidase belonging to the glycoside hydrolase family 31	8
The miR‐282‐5p regulates larval moulting process by targeting chitinase 5 in Bombyx mori	8
Cellular Lnc_209997 suppresses Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus replication by targeting miR‐275‐5p in B. mori	8
Binding properties of odorant‐binding protein 4 from bean bug Riptortus pedestris to soybean volatiles	8
Identification of a mitogen‐activated protein kinase kinase (AccMKK4) from Apis cerana cerana and its involvement in various stress responses	8
Identification of new Anopheles gambiae transcriptional enhancers using a cross‐species prediction approach	8
Caste‐specific gene expression underlying the differential adult brain development in the honeybee Apis mellifera	7
Silencing of the phosphofructokinase gene impairs glycolysis and causes abnormal locomotion in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes chinensis Snyder	7
Two classic OBPs modulate the responses of female Holotrichia oblita to three major ester host plant volatiles	7
Unveiling mosquito cryptic species and their reproductive isolation	7
Transcriptomic analysis reveals the inhibition of reproduction in rice brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens, after silencing the gene of MagR (IscA1	7
V‐ATPase subunit a is required for survival and midgut development of Locusta migratoria	7
The octopamine receptor, OA2B2, modulates stress resistance and reproduction in Nilaparvata lugens Stål (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)	7
CRISPR/Cas9‐based functional characterization of the pigmentation gene ebony in Plutella xylostella	6
A teratocyte‐specific serpin from the endoparasitoid wasp Cotesia vestalis inhibits the prophenoloxidase‐activating system of its host Plutella xylostella	6
Gene expression in Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larvae exposed to Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii<	6
Mating‐based regulation and ligand binding of an odorant‐binding protein support the inverse sexual communication of the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)	6
Two atypical gram‐negative bacteria‐binding proteins are involved in the antibacterial response in the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum)	6
Genome editing efficiency of four Drosophila suzukii endogenous U6 promoters	6
Regulation of an important glycolytic enzyme, pyruvate kinase, through phosphorylation in the larvae of a species of freeze‐tolerant insect, Eurosta solidaginis	6
Sex‐ and caste‐specific transcriptomes of larval honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) gonads: DMRT A2 and Hsp83 are differentially expressed and regulated by juvenile hormone	6
Involvement of RSK phosphorylation in PTTH‐stimulated ecdysone secretion in prothoracic glands of the silkworm, Bombyx mori	6
Functional analysis of a putative Bombyx mori cypovirus miRNA BmCPV‐miR‐10 and its effect on virus replication	6
Cuticular protein genes involve heat acclimation of insect larvae under global warming	6
Sublethal chlorantraniliprole exposure induces autophagy and apoptosis through disrupting calcium homeostasis in the silkworm Bombyx mori	6
Robertsonian rearrangements in Neotropical Meliponini karyotype evolution (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)	6
Effect of salivary CYP4EM1 and CYP4EM2 gene silencing on the life span of Chagas disease vector Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) exposed to sublethal dose of d	6
Regulatory function of the trehalose‐6‐phosphate synthase gene TPS3 on chitin metabolism in brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens	6
Assessing Aedes aegypti candidate genes during viral infection and Wolbachia‐mediated pathogen blocking	5
Vacuolar ATPase subunit F is critical for larval survival in Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata	5
Evidence of a shared binding site for Bacillus thuringiensisCry1Ac and Cry2Aa toxins in Cnaphalocrocis medinalis cadherin	5
LncRNA‐IRAR‐mediated regulation of insulin receptor transcripts in Drosophila melanogaster during nutritional stress	5
Detection of alternative splicing in western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) in association with eCry3.1Ab resistance using RNA	5
Silencing of an odorant binding protein (SaveOBP10) involved in the behavioural shift of the wheat aphid Sitobion avenae (Fabricius)	5
Identification of the cuticle protein AccCPR2 gene in Apis cerana cerana and its response to environmental stress	5
RNA interference in Pardosa pseudoannulata, an important predatory enemy against several insect pests, through ingestion of dsRNA‐expressing Escherichia coli	5
lnc94638 is a testis‐specific long non‐coding RNA involved in spermatozoa formation in Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett)	5
Wolbachia affects reproduction in the spider mite Tetranychus truncatus (Acari: Tetranychidae) by regulating chorion protein S38‐like and Rop	5
Introgression of a synthetic sex ratio distortion transgene into different genetic backgrounds of Anopheles coluzzii	4
Genetic transformation of mosquitoes by microparticle bombardment	4
Evolution of m6A‐related genes in insects and the function of METTL3 in silkworm embryonic development	4
Identification and profiling of Sogatella furciferamicroRNAs and their potential roles in regulating the developmental transitions of nymph–adult	4
Recruitment of lysosomal cathepsins B, L and D as digestive enzymes in Coleoptera	4

Transcriptome analysis reveals TOR signalling‐mediated plant flush shoots governing Diaphorina citri Kuwayama oviposition	4
Carboxylic acid responses by a conserved odorant receptor in culicine vector mosquitoes	4
Allele‐specific knockouts reveal a role for apontic‐like in the evolutionary loss of larval melanin pigmentation in the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori	4
Genomic architecture and sexually dimorphic expression underlying immunity in the red mason bee, Osmia bicornis	4
Functional characterization of an aldose reductase (bmALD1) obtained from the silkworm Bombyx mori	4
High MEK/ERK signalling is a key regulator of diapause maintenance in the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera	4
Gene annotation of nuclear receptor superfamily genes in the kissing bug Rhodnius prolixus and the effects of 20‐hydroxyecdysone on lipid metabolism	4
Molecular characterization and functional analysis of Cry toxin receptor‐like genes from the model insect Galleria mellonella	4
Identification and characterization of troponin genes in Locusta migratoria	4
Circadian clock regulates developmental time through ecdysone and juvenile hormones in Bombyx mori	4
Peptidoglycan recognition protein SC (PGRP‐SC) shapes gut microbiota richness, diversity and composition by modulating immunity in the house fly Musca domestica	4
Paternal knockdown of tRNA(cytosine‐5‐)‐methyltransferase (Dnmt2) increases offspring susceptibility to infection in red flour beetles	3
Spatial control of gene expression in flies using bacterially derived binary transactivation systems	3
The Hox gene Abdominal‐B regulates the appendage development during the embryogenesis of scorpionflies	3
Constitutively‐expressed and induced immune effectors in the house fly (Musca domestica) and the transcription factors that may regulate them	3
A C2H2 zinc finger transcription factor of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci interacts with the capsid proteins of begomoviruses and inhibits virus retention	3
Gene expression profiles of chemosensory genes of termite soldier and worker antennae	3
Real‐time PCR‐based Y‐specific sperm quantification assay in Queensland fruit fly: Insights to patterns of sperm storage	3
MiR‐3017b contributes to metamorphosis by targeting sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca²⁺ATPase in Tribolium castaneum	3
Sexual diversification of splicing regulation during embryonic development in honeybees (Apis mellifera), A haplodiploid system	3
Using tissue specific P450 expression in Drosophila melanogaster larvae to understand the spatial distribution of pesticide metabolism in feeding assays	3
Regulation of circadian behavioural output via clock‐responsive miR‐276b	3
Silencing of the immune gene BmPGRP‐L4 in the midgut affects the growth of silkworm (Bombyx mori) larvae	3
Knockdown of CYP9A9 increases the susceptibility to lufenuron, methoxyfenozide and a mixture of both in Spodoptera exigua	3
Generating and testing the efficacy of transgenic Cas9 in Tribolium castaneum	3
ATPase subunits of the 26S proteasome are important for oocyte maturation in the brown planthopper	3
Dimmed gene knockout shortens larval growth and reduces silk yield in the silkworm, Bombyx mori	3
De novo genome assembly of Bradysia cellarum (Diptera: Sciaridae), a notorious pest in traditional special vegetables in China	3
LincRNA_XR209691.3 could promote Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus replication by interacting with BmHSP70	3
Intracellular dynamics of polydnavirus innexin homologues	3
Molecular characterization of insulin receptor (IR) in oriental fruit moth, Grapholita molesta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), and elucidation of its regulatory roles in glucolipid ho	3
Farnesyl/geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthases regulate the biosynthesis of alarm pheromone in a unique manner in the vetch aphid Megoura viciae	3
Transcriptome profiling reveals sex‐specific gene expressions in pupal and adult stages of the mosquito Culex pipiens	3
Protein kinase C signalling involved in prothoracicotropic hormone‐stimulated prothoracic glands in the silkworm, Bombyx mori	3
The potential pigmentation‐related genes in spider mites revealed by comparative transcriptomes of the red form of Tetranychus urticae	3
Wood feeding and social living: Draft genome of the subterranean termite Reticulitermes lucifugus (Blattodea; Termitoidae)	3
The DOMON domain protein LmKnk contributes to correct chitin content, pore canal formation and lipid deposition in the cuticle of Locusta migratoria during moulting	3
CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated methoprene‐tolerant 1 knockout results in precocious metamorphosis of beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) only at the late larval stage	3
Characterization of the glutathione S‐transferase genes in the sand flies Phlebotomus papatasi and Lutzomyia longipalpis shows expansion of the novel glutathione S‐transferase xi	3
Social environment affects sensory gene expression in ant larvae	3
ALKBH8 as a potential N⁶‐methyladenosine (m⁶A) eraser in insects	3
Genome sequencing provides insights into the evolution of gene families encoding plant cell wall‐degrading enzymes in longhorned beetles	3
CYP4G100 contributes to desiccation resistance by mediating cuticular hydrocarbon synthesis in Bactrocera dorsalis	2
The spread of satellite DNAs in euchromatin and insights into the multiple sex chromosome evolution in Hemiptera revealed by repeatome analysis of the bug Oxycarenus hyalinipe	2
Resolving the zinc binding capacity of honey bee vitellogenin and locating its putative binding sites	2
Improved transient silencing of gene expression in the mosquito female Aedes aegypti	2
Function and evolution of the aquaporin IsAQP1 in the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis	2
Octopamine terminates sex pheromone biosynthesis by suppressing PBAN signal in moths	2
Structural and functional insights into the ATP‐binding cassette transporter family in the corn planthopper, Peregrinus maidis	2
Dual function of the transcription factor Ftz‐f1 on oviposition in the cockroach Blattella germanica	2
Knockdown of sphingomyelinase (NlSMase) causes ovarian malformation of brown planthopper,Nilaparvata lugens(Stål)	2
Evolution of mitogenomic gene order in Orthoptera	2
Heterologous expression of a substance which inhibits receptivity and calling in Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner)	2
Nitric oxide synthase is required for the pea aphid's defence against bacterial infection	2
Trehalase is required for sex pheromone biosynthesis in Helicoverpa armigera	2
On how to identify a seminal fluid protein: A response to Wigby et al.	2
KIF2A regulates ovarian development via modulating cell cycle progression and vitollogenin levels	2
Enhanced locomotor behaviour is mediated by activation of tyrosine hydroxylase in the silkworm brain	2
Microbiota and pathogens in an invasive bee: Megachile sculpturalis from native and invaded regions	2
On how to identify a seminal fluid protein: A commentary on Hurtado et al.	2
Locusta migratoria flight muscle troponin partially activates thin filament in a calcium‐dependent manner	2
Gene expression differentials driven by mass rearing and artificial selection in black soldier fly colonies	2
GrpE is involved in mitochondrial function and is an effective target for RNAi‐mediated pest and arbovirus control	2
Comparative analysis of adipokinetic hormones and their receptors in Blattodea reveals novel patterns of gene evolution	2
Characterization of the mitochondrial genomes of Bradysia hygida, Phytosciara flavipes and Trichosia splendens (Diptera: Sciaridae) and novel insights on the control region of sci	2
Diverse cellular morphologies during lumen maturation in Anopheles gambiae larval salivary glands	2
Uric acid metabolism promotes apoptosis against Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus in silkworm, Bombyx mori	2
Octopamine receptor genes are involved in the starvation response ofRhopalosiphum padi(Hemiptera: Aphididae)	2
Insight into different host range of three planthoppers by transcriptomic and microbiomic analysis	2
Identification and functional analysis of carbonyl reductases related to tetrahydrobiopterin synthesis in the silkworm, Bombyx mori	2
Differences in microbiome composition and transcriptome profiles between male and female Paederus fuscipes harbouring pederin‐producing bacteria	2
Abdominal‐B contributes to abdominal identity in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)	2