Aya Takahashi

The paper demonstrates the use of IR-LEGO to knock down genes in specific Drosophila genital structures, revealing its potential for manipulating transcript abundance in small cell groups during development.

The paper identifies genomic regions associated with reproductive diapause variation in Drosophila triauraria across latitudinal gradients using genomic and expression analyses.

This study identifies alternative splicing of TRPA1 as a key mechanism driving reduced electrophile sensitivity in S. flava, enabling adaptation to toxic Brassicales plants.

This study shows that BubR1 and Mad2 regulate midgut remodeling in Drosophila diapause by promoting cell cycle arrest in intestinal stem cells, which is essential for survival under adverse conditions.

The paper presents 183 new genome assemblies for 179 drosophilid species using single-fly long-read sequencing, improving phylogenomic coverage and enabling a well-resolved multi-locus phylogeny.

The paper examines oviprovector scales in Drosophila species, finding they have divergent sizes and spatial arrangements and are regulated by a conserved gene network similar to trichomes.

The paper deletes an enhancer in ebony to reveal redundant enhancer activities and a silencer that represses expression in specific regions of Drosophila melanogaster.

This study shows that the pigmentation genes ebony and tan in Drosophila also influence cuticular hydrocarbon composition, with loss-of-function mutants showing distinct CHC profiles.