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The Drosophila septate junctions beyond barrier function: Review of the literature, prediction of human orthologs of the SJ‐related proteins and identification of protein domain families by Rouka, Erasmia, Gourgoulianni, Natalia, Lüpold, Stefan, Hatzoglou, Chrissi, Gourgoulianis, Konstantinos, Blanckenhorn, Wolf U., Zarogiannis, Sotirios G.

“…The involvement of Septate Junctions (SJs) in critical cellular functions that extend beyond their role as diffusion barriers in the epithelia and the nervous…”
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Sexual size dimorphism is associated with reproductive life history trait differentiation in coexisting sepsid flies by Blanckenhorn, Wolf U., Baur, Julian, Busso, Juan Pablo, Giesen, Athene, Gourgoulianni, Natalia, van Koppenhagen, Nicola, Roy, Jeannine, Schäfer, Martin A., Wegmann, Alexandra, Rohner, Patrick T.

“…Organismal life histories evolve as syndromes, resulting in correlated evolutionary differentiation of key traits that ultimately aid in discerning species…”
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Comparative reproductive dormancy differentiation in European black scavenger flies (Diptera: Sepsidae) by Zeender, Valérian, Roy, Jeannine, Wegmann, Alexandra, Schäfer, Martin A., Gourgoulianni, Natalia, Blanckenhorn, Wolf U., Rohner, Patrick T.

“…Seasonality is a key environmental factor that regularly promotes life history adaptation. Insects invading cold–temperate climates need to overwinter in a…”
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The role of larval substrate specialization and female oviposition in mediating species diversity of closely-related sepsid flies (Diptera: Sepsidae) by LAUX, Amelie, WEGMANN, Alexandra, ROY, Jeannine, GOURGOULIANNI, Natalia, BLANCKENHORN, Wolf U., ROHNER, Patrick T.

“…Coprophagous insect communities play a critical role in the decomposition of vertebrate dung and provide ecosystem functions fundamental to modern agriculture…”
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Nutritional effects on growth and development of sepsid flies by Gourgoulianni, Natalia, Kümmerli, Rolf, Blanckenhorn, Wolf U.

“…Abstract The plastic nutritional foundations of growth and reproduction are crucial in mediating animal (insect) life histories but remain largely unexplored…”
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Fitness consequences of the combined effects of veterinary and agricultural pesticides on a non-target insect by Mahdjoub, Hayat, Blanckenhorn, Wolf U., Lüpold, Stefan, Roy, Jeannine, Gourgoulianni, Natalia, Khelifa, Rassim

“…Pesticides and veterinary products that are globally used in farming against pests and parasites are known to impact non-target beneficial organisms. While…”
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Prediction and enrichment analyses of the Homo sapiens-Drosophila melanogaster COPD-related orthologs: potential for modeling of human COPD genomic responses with the fruit fly by Rouka, Erasmia, Gourgoulianni, Natalia, Lüpold, Stefan, Hatzoglou, Chrissi, Gourgoulianis, Konstantinos I, Zarogiannis, Sotirios G

“…The significant similarities in airway epithelial cells between mammals and the fruit fly have rendered the latter an important model organism for studies of…”
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Sublethal effects of the parasiticide ivermectin on male and female reproductive and behavioural traits in the yellow dung fly by van Koppenhagen, Nicola, Gourgoulianni, Natalia, Rohner, Patrick T., Roy, Jeannine, Wegmann, Alexandra, Blanckenhorn, Wolf U.

“…The veterinary pharmaceutical ivermectin is commonly used against parasites of livestock. Excreted in dung it can have lethal and sublethal effects on…”
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Temperature-dependent melanism and phenoloxidase activity in the dimorphic sepsid fly Sepsis thoracica by Gourgoulianni, Natalia, Schäfer, Martin A., Kapun, Martin, Busso, Juan Pablo, Blanckenhorn, Wolf U.

“…Climate is changing towards both higher average temperatures and more frequent and severe heat waves. Whereas numerous studies have investigated temperature…”
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The effect of cigarette smoke extract exposure on the size and sexual behaviour of Drosophila melanogaster by Giannopoulos, Athanasios-Stefanos, Giannakou, Lydia, Gourgoulianni, Natalia, Pitaraki, Eleanna, Jagirdar, Rajesh, Marnas, Periklis, Tzamalas, Panagiotis I., Rouka, Erasmia, Livanou, Eleni, Hatzoglou, Chrissi, Gourgoulianis, Konstantinos, Lüpold, Stefan, Blanckenhorn, Wolf U., Zarogiannis, Sotirios G.

“…Drosophila melanogaster is a widely used animal model in human diseases and to date it has not been applied to the study of the impact of tobacco use on human…”
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The role of larval substrate specialization and female oviposition in mediating species diversity of closely-related sepsid fl ies (Diptera: Sepsidae) by Laux, Amelie, Wegmann, Alexandra, Roy, Jeannine, Gourgoulianni, Natalia, Blanckenhorn, Wolf U, Rohner, Patrick T

“…Coprophagous insect communities play a critical role in the decomposition of vertebrate dung and provide ecosystem functions fundamental to modern agriculture…”
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Interplay between male quality and male-female compatibility across episodes of sexual selection by Mahdjoub, Hayat, Khelifa, Rassim, Roy, Jeannine, Sbilordo, Sonja H., Zeender, Valérian, Perdigón Ferreira, Jhoniel, Gourgoulianni, Natalia, Lüpold, Stefan

“…The processes underlying mate choice profoundly influence the dynamics of sexual selection and the evolution of male sexual traits. Consistent preference for…”
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