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Research Areas
Vector competence of the Asian Tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus
Influence of larval nutritional status on the reproductive physiology, behaviour and metabolome of adult Aedes albopictus (Asian Tiger mosquito): consequences for disease dissemination and vector control programmes
Impact of temperature on dengue and chikungunya transmission by the mosquito Aedes albopictus more...
Estimating the risk of arbovirus transmission in Southern Europe using vector competence data more...
Vector competence of Aedes albopictus populations for chikungunya virus is shaped by their demographic history more...Insect olfaction and pheromone production
Behavioural responses of male Aedes albopictus to different volatile chemical compounds more...
Transcriptional variation of sensory-related genes in natural populations of Aedes albopictus more...
Structural and biochemical evaluation of Ceratitis capitata OBP22 affinity for odorants involved in inter-sex communication more...
Larval diet affects male pheromone blend in a laboratory strain of the medfly, Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) more...
Current source density mapping of antennal sensory selectivity reveals conserved olfactory systems between tephritids and Drosophila more...
Identification of pheromone components and their binding affinity to the odorant binding protein CcapOBP83a-2 of the mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata more...
Sniffing out chemosensory genes from the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata more...Insect reproductive biology
High promiscuity among females of the invasive pest species Drosophila suzukii more...
Viviparity and habitat restrictions and the evolution of male reproductive genes in tsetse fly (Glossina) species more...
Transcriptome profiling of sexual maturation and mating in the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata more...
Transcriptional profiles of mating-responsive genes from testes and male accessory glands of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata more...
Polyandry is a common event in wild populations of the tsetse fly Glossina fuscipes fuscipes and may impact population reduction measures more...
Polyandry in wild medfly populations more...
Sperm storage and use in polyandrous medfly females more...
Development of a sperm marking system in the medfly, Ceratitis capitata, and its application in population control more...Development of genome resources for the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, the Asian Tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus and the Tsetse Fly, Glossina morsitans
Gene discovery in an invasive tephritid model pest species, the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata more...
The whole genome sequence of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), reveals insights into the biology and adaptive evolution of a highly invasive pest species more...
A draft genome sequence of an invasive mosquito: an Italian Aedes albopictus more...
Genome Sequence of the Tsetse Fly (Glossina morsitans): Vector of African Trypanosomiasis more...
Presence of extensive Wolbachia symbiont insertions discovered in the genome of its host Glossina morsitans morsitans more...Sex chromosome evolution and Y-specific/enriched sequences
Transcribed sex-specific markers on the Y chromosome of the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis more...
The Nix locus on the male-specific homologue of chromosome 1 in Aedes albopictus is a strong candidate for a male-determining factor more...
Sex and the single embryo: early development in the medfly more...
Interchromosomal duplications on the Bactrocera oleae Y chromosome imply a distinct evolutionary origin of the sex chromosomes compared to Drosophila more...Genetic variation and differentiation of natural populations of other insects of medical and economic importance using molecular markers
The worldwide spread of Aedes albopictus: New insights from mitogenomes.
Genetic evidence for a world-wide chaotic dispersion pattern of the arbovirus vector, Aedes albopictus more...
Molecular markers for analyses of intraspecific genetic diversity in the Asian Tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus more...
Relevant genetic differentiation among Brazilian populations of Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera, Tephritidae) more...
Uncovering the tracks of a recent and rapid invasion: the case of the fruit fly pest Bactrocera invadens (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Africa more...
Inferences on the population structure and colonization process of the invasive oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) more...
Species of the Culicoides imicola complex (biting midges) more...
Species of the subgenus Avaritia including Culicoides obsoletus based on ITS2 sequences more...
Species of the sugenus Culicoides based on ITS2 sequences more...
Genetic characterisation of Scaphoideus titanus Ball (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) more...
Glossina species (Tsetse flies) more...
On the origins of medfly invasion and expansion in Australia more...
Microsatellite analysis of medfly bioinfestations in California more...
Globalization and fruitfly invasion and expansion: the medfly paradigm more...
Allozyme divergence and phylogenetic relationships among species of tephritid flies more...
Polymorphism of alcohol dehydrogenase intron size parallels the colonization history of the medfly, Ceratitis capitata more...
Microsatellite polymorphism in the Mediteranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata more...
Genetic aspects of the colonization pattern of Ceratitis capitata inferred from allozyme and RAPD variability data more...
Biochemical features of the two Adh isozymes of the medfly Ceratitis capitata more...
Genetic studies on transposable element induced unstable mutations and molecular characterization of endogenous and exogenous elements
The characterization of genetic instabilities in the medfly
Hybrid dysgensis-like syndrome more...
Characterization of wild-type and two mutant alleles of the white locus in Ceratitis capitata more...Isolation, characterization and evolutionary studies of endogenous and exogenous transposable elements
Mariner elements in Ceratitis capitata more...
Mariner elements in Ceratitis rosa and Trirhithrum coffeae more...
Abundance, chromosomal distribution and evolution of different subfamilies of mariner elements in Ceratitis capitata more...
Rosa: a new basal subfamily of mariner elements in Ceratitis rosa and other New World tephritid flies more...
Medfly transposable elements: diversity, evolution, genomic impact and possible applications more...
Cchobo, a hobo-related sequence in Ceratitis capitata more...
piggyBac transposase-like sequences in various Bactrocera species more...