G. Forni

The molecular groundplan of male reproduction is partially preserved in parthenogenetic stick insects.

The paper investigates the preservation of molecular ground plans for male reproduction in parthenogenetic stick insects, finding that gene co-expression networks and pleiotropy maintain these traits despite their phenotypic absence.

Macroevolutionary Analyses Provide New Evidences of Phasmids Wings Evolution as a Reversible Process.

This study uses a comprehensive time-tree of Phasmatodea to show that wing evolution in stick and leaf insects is reversible, with multiple transitions to ancestral states after loss.